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Subject: [SANET-MG] 2 excellent collections of review articles related to 
sustainable agriculture
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:02:01 -0500
From: Joel Gruver <jgruv@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

Hello folks,

In 2008, the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences had 2 "Sustainable Agriculture" theme 
issues.

the table of contents for Issue 1 can be accessed through the following link (also pasted below): 
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/363/1491.toc

the table of contents for Issue 2 can be accessed through the following link:
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/363/1492.toc

It appears that PDFs of all the articles are available for free download.

Happy reading!

Joel
WIU Agriculture

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Chris Pollock, Jules Pretty, Ian Crute, Chris Leaver, and Howard Dalton
Introduction. Sustainable agriculture
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:445-446; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2193

Jules Pretty
Agricultural sustainability: concepts, principles and evidence
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:447-465; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2163

Justin Kitzes, Mathis Wackernagel, Jonathan Loh, Audrey Peller, Steven 
Goldfinger, Deborah Cheng, and Kallin Tea
Shrink and share: humanity's present and future Ecological Footprint
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:467-475; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2164

Sara J Scherrand Jeffrey A McNeely
Biodiversity conservation and agricultural sustainability: towards a new 
paradigm of ‘ecoagriculture’ landscapes
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:477-494; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2165

Peter Hazelland Stanley Wood
Drivers of change in global agriculture
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:495-515; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2166

R.J Wilkins
Eco-efficient approaches to land management: a case for increased integration 
of crop and animal production systems
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:517-525; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2167

W Day, E Audsley, and A.R Frost
An engineering approach to modelling, decision support and control for 
sustainable systems
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:527-541; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2168

Peter R Hobbs, Ken Sayre, and Raj Gupta
The role of conservation agriculture in sustainable agriculture
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:543-555; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2169

Bertrand C.Y Collardand David J Mackill
Marker-assisted selection: an approach for precision plant breeding in the 
twenty-first century
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:557-572; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2170

A.P.F Flintand J.A Woolliams
Precision animal breeding
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:573-590; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2171

Elizabeth S Dennis, Jeffrey Ellis, Allan Green, Danny Llewellyn, Matthew 
Morell, Linda Tabe, and W.J Peacock
Genetic contributions to agricultural sustainability
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:591-609; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2172

Ahmed Hassanali, Hans Herren, Zeyaur R Khan, John A Pickett, and Christine M 
Woodcock
Integrated pest management: the push–pull approach for controlling insect pests and weeds of cereals, and its potential 
for other
agricultural systems including animal husbandry
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:611-621; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2173

Keith Smith, David A Evans, and Gamal A El-Hiti
Role of modern chemistry in sustainable arable crop protection
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:623-637; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2174

J.I.L Morison, N.R Baker, P.M Mullineaux, and W.J Davies
Improving water use in crop production
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:639-658; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2175

Brian Moss
Water pollution by agriculture
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:659-666; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2176

Keith Goulding, Steve Jarvis, and Andy Whitmore
Optimizing nutrient management for farm systems
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B February 12, 2008 363:667-680; 
doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2177


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