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Subject: [SANET-MG] Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustainable Crop 
Production
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:51:16 -0500
From: Joel Gruver <jgruv@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU
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Hello folks,

I just ran across a new book that may be of interest to some of you...

Joel

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Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustainable Crop Production

Edited by Milkha S. Aulakh, PhD
Additional Director of Research and Professor, Department of Soils, Punjab 
Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Cynthia A. Grant, PhD
Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, 
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Hard Cover ISBN 978-1-56022-304-7

Available: Available now.
Date Published: 2008
Number of Pages: 12 chapters. xx + 598 pp. with Index. Includes 5 pages of 
color photos.

Ideas for sustainable agricultural practices


Long-term security of the global food supply requires a balance between increasing production and environmental 
sustainability. Both nutrient scarcities and surpluses alike can threaten this balance.  Integrated Nutrient Management 
for Sustainable Crop Production examines the challenges of managing both organic and inorganic nutrient sources in 
agricultural systems where nutrients are deficient or in excess supply. Through a combination of theoretical and applied 
knowledge, this collection provides a practical understanding of how any type of production system can successfully 
adopt integrated nutrient management (INM).

A frank and factual discussion of the challenges and possibilities INM holds, Integrated Nutrient Management for 
Sustainable Crop Production brings together essays and scientists from around the world. This essential text presents 
international case studies on the potential for continuing production with a focus on sustainability. Comprehensive and 
wide-ranging in its scope, this accessible book looks at many concerns
central to INM—from the risks of excess supply and depletion to technological requirements for improved management. Here 
is a single source that not only presents a range of options for managing nutrients, but offers viable ideas for future 
directions as well.

Along with a wealth of informative maps, graphs, and tables, some of the topics covered in Integrated Nutrient 
Management for Sustainable Crop Production include:

 *   trends in global food, feed, and fiber production and consumption
 *   current and future challenges of nutrient depletion and excess
 *   socio-economic factors of implementing INM
 *   crop production and nutrient removals in harvests
 *   monitoring soil fertility levels in the USA
 *   agricultural production and nutrient balances in Canada
 *   the European experience
 *   concepts from New Zealand
 *   technical requirements for INM in South Asia
 *   benefits and limitations of chemical fertilizers for China
 *   green manures
 *   Southeast Asia’s INM techniques
 *   cases from South America
 *   experience from Sub-Saharan Africa
 *   case studies from the Middle East
 *   and many more!

Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustainable Crop Production is an invaluable resource for research scientists, 
students, agronomists, professors, and extension workers.

Table of Contents
    *  About the Editors
    * Contributors
    * Foreword (Paul E. Fixen)
    * Preface
    * Chapter 1. Global Food Production and Plant Nutrient Demand: Present Status and Future Prospects (Luc M. Maene, 
Kristen E. Sukalac, and Patrick Heffer)
    * Introduction
    * Trends in Global Food, Feed, and Fiber Production and Consumption
    * Trends in Global Nutrient Demand
    * Conclusions
    * Chapter 2. Integrated Nutrient Management: Present Status and Future Prospects (Cynthia A. Grant, Milkha S. 
Aulakh, and A. E. Johnny Johnston)
    * Introduction
    * The Challenge of Nutrient Depletion
    * The Challenge of Nutrient Excess
    * Challenges for Integrated Nutrient Management
    * Future Challenges
    * Chapter 3. Integrated Nutrient Management: Experience and Concepts from the United States (Mark M. Alley, Dwayne 
G. Westfall, and Gregory L. Mullins)
    * Introduction
    * Major Climatic Regions and Crop Production
    * Crop Production and Nutrient Removals in Harvests
    * Monitoring Soil Fertility Levels in the United States
    * Manure Nutrient Sources
    * Nutrient Use
    * Nutrient Sources and Soil Fertility Maintenance
    * Nutrient Management Plans
    * Research Needs
    * Chapter 4. Integrated Nutrient Management: Experience and Concepts from Canada (Sukhdev S. Malhi, Cynthia A. 
Grant, Denis A. Angers, Adrian M. Johnston, Jeff J. Schoenau, and Craig F. Drury)
    * Introduction
    * Major Soil/Climatic Regions and Cropping Systems
    * Agriculture Production and Nutrient Balances
    * Fertilizers and Sustainable Development
    * Technical Requirements for INM
    * Case Studies
    * Research Accomplishments, Gaps, and Future Needs
    * Conclusions
    * Chapter 5. Integrated Nutrient Management: The European Experience (Paolo Sequi, A. E Johnny Johnston, Rosa 
Francaviglia, and Roberta Farina)
    * Introduction
    * Background
    * Major Soil Classes, Climatic Zones, and Agricultural Production Systems
    * Agricultural Production, Nutrient Use, and Issues
    * Farming Practices and Environmental Issues
    * Integrated Nutrient Management and Agri-Environmental Policies
    * Appendix 1.
    * Appendix 2.
    * Appendix 3.
    * Chapter 6. Integrated Nutrient Management: Experience and Concepts from New Zealand (Antony H. C. Roberts, Tony 
J. van der Weerden, and Douglas C. Edmeades)
    * Introduction
    * Major Soil and Climatic Regions and Major Cropping Systems
    * Agricultural Production and Nutrient Balances
    * Fertilizers and Sustainable Development
    * Integrated Nutrient Management
    * Technical Requirements for INM
    * Actual Implementation and INM
    * Discussion of Cases
    * Research Gaps and Future Research Needs
    * Summary and Conclusion
    * Chapter 7. Integrated Nutrient Management: Experience from South Asia 
(Milkha S. Aulakh and Guriqbal Singh)
    * Introduction
    * Climate Major Crops
    * Agricultural Production and Nutrient Consumption
    * Benefits and Limitations of Chemical Fertilizers
    * Integrated Nutrient Management Practices
    * Technical Requirements for INM
    * Constraints for Implementation of INM
    * Research Gaps and Future Needs
    * Summary and Conclusions
    * Chapter 8. Integrated Nutrient Management: Experience from China (Bao Lin, Jianchang Xie, Ronggui Wu, Guangxi 
Xing, and Zhihong Li)
    * Introduction
    * Major Agricultural Regions and Cropping Systems
    * Agricultural Production, Fertilization, and Nutrient Balance
    * Integrated Nutrient Management (INM)
    * Benefits and Limitations of Chemical Fertilizers
    * Fertilizer and Agriculture Sustainability
    * Chapter 9. Integrated Nutrient Management: Experiences from Rice-Based Systems in Southeast Asia (Dan C. Olk, 
Mathias Becker, Bruce A. Linquist, Sushil Pandey, and Christian Witt)
    * Introduction
    * Integrated Nutrient Management in Rainfed Rice
    * Green Manures
    * Integrated Nutrient Management in Irrigated Lowland Rice
    * Socioeconomic Constraints to Adoption of Improved Nutrient Management 
Technologies
    * Conclusions
    * Chapter 10. Integrated Nutrient Management: Experience from South America (Bernardo van Raij, Alfredo Scheid 
Lopes, Eduardo Casanova, and Martin Diaz-Zorita)
    * Introduction
    * Main Ecosystems and Cropping Systems
    * Agricultural Production and Nutrient Balances
    * Fertilizers and Sustainable Development
    * Integrated Nutrient Management (INM)
    * Technical Requirements for INM
    * Actual Implementation of INM
    * Discussion of Cases
    * Research Gaps and Future Research Needs
    * Summary and Conclusion
    * Chapter 11. Integrated Nutrient Management: Concepts and Experience from Sub-Saharan Africa (Andre Bationo, Job 
Kihara, Bernard Vanlauwe, Joseph Kimetu, Boaz S. Waswa, and Kanwar L. Sahrawat)
    * Introduction
    * Overview of Soil Fertility Status in Africa
    * Evolution of Soil Fertility Paradigm in Africa
    * ISFM Experiences in SSA
    * Conclusions
    * Chapter 12. Integrated Nutrient Management: Experience and Concepts from the Middle East (Uzi Kafkafi and David 
J. Bonfil)
    * Introduction
    * Major Soils, Climatic Regions, and Major Cropping Systems
    * Agricultural Production and Nutrient Balance
    * Case Study of Wheat
    * Index
    * Reference Notes Included


Joel Gruver
Dept of Agriculture
Western Illinois University
jgruv@hotmail.com