Sustainable Practices for Plant Disease Management in Traditional Farming Systems.
Thurston, H. David.
Sustainable Practices for Plant Disease Management in Traditional Farming Systems. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (309 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Why Should Scientists Study Traditional Agriculture? -- Lack of Training in International Agriculture -- Traditional Farmers' Knowledge -- Traditional Farmers' Practices for Managing Plant Diseases -- Sustainable Plant Disease Management Practices and Systems -- Summary -- APPLICATION OF CHEMICALS -- 2 Pesticides -- Pesticide Use in Traditional Systems -- Traditional Fungicides -- Summary -- BIOLOGICAL CONTROL -- 3 Biological Control -- Suppressive Soils -- Antagonistic Plants and Trap Crops -- Summary -- CULTURAL PRACTICES -- Planting -- 4 Adjusting Density and Spacing -- Manipulations of Plant Density -- Increased Disease in Dense Stands -- Decreased Disease in Dense Stands -- Practices of Traditional Farmers for Manipulating Crop Density -- Summary -- 5 Adjusting Depth of Planting -- Shallow Versus Deep Planting -- Traditional Practices -- Summary -- 6 Adjusting Time of Planting -- Effect of Planting Dates on Plant Disease -- Traditional Manipulations of Planting Dates -- Summary -- 7 Site Selection -- Altitude Manipulations in Mountainous Areas -- Summary -- 8 Using Clean Seed -- Seed Beds -- Traditional Seed Growing Areas -- Traditional Seed Treatments -- Cutting Tubers in Colombia -- Summary -- Land Preparation Practices -- 9 Fallow and Disease Management -- Fallow in Slash and Burn Agriculture -- Nematode Management by Traditional Fallowing Systems -- Summary -- 10 Fire and Slash and Burn -- Historical Use of Fire -- Slash and Burn Agriculture -- Effect of Burning on Plant Diseases -- Summary -- 11 Flooding and Plant Disease Management -- The Paddy Rice System -- Flooding and Disease Management -- Flood Fallowing for Panama Disease Management -- Flooding for Nematode Management. Flooding as a Predisposing Factor to Plant Disease -- Summary -- 12 Mulching -- Materials Used for Mulches -- Benefits of Mulches -- Effects of Mulches on Plant Diseases -- Traditional Mulching Practices -- Slash/Mulch Systems -- Frijol Tapado System -- Web Blight Management by the Tapado System -- Other Traditional Practices for Web Blight Management -- Summary -- 13 Organic Soil Amendments -- Types of Organic Matter -- Organic Amendments and Plant Disease Management -- The Use of Organic Amendments in China -- Organic Amendments in Mexican Chinampas -- Organic Amendments in Other Traditional Systems -- Traditional Use of Green Manure Crops -- Contributions Possible from Human Waste -- Summary -- 14 Raised Beds -- Chinampas -- Waru Waru -- Tablones -- Flooding and Raised Beds -- Raised Beds in Asia -- Root and Tuber Crops -- Maize Mounds and Ridges -- Raised Beds for Plant Disease Management -- Summary -- 15 Rotations -- Nature of Rotation -- Rotations and Plant Disease -- Rotations and Nematode Management -- Rotation Versus Monoculture -- Summary -- 16 Terraces -- Terraces in Latin America -- Terraces in Asia -- Summary -- 17 Tillage -- Effects of Tillage on Plant Disease -- Modern Minimum Tillage Systems -- Effects of Crop Residues on Plant Diseases -- Soil Solarization -- Traditional No-tillage Systems -- Summary -- Crop Manipulations -- 18 Harvesting and Post-Harvest Storage -- Storage Losses in Developing Countries -- Storage Practices for Potatoes in the Andes -- Traditional Storage Practices in the Tropics -- Storage Practices for Maize -- Storage Practices for Roots and Tubers -- Storage Practices for Rice -- Summary -- 19 Multiple Cropping -- Associations Used in Multiple Cropping -- Importance and Prevalence of Multiple Cropping -- Effects on Yield -- Labor Requirements -- Research on Multiple Cropping -- Literature on Multiple Cropping. Definitions of Multiple Cropping -- Advantages of Multiple Cropping -- Flooding and Multiple Cropping -- Household Gardens and Multiple Cropping -- Increased Disease in Multiple Cropping -- Decreased Disease in Multiple Cropping -- Summary -- 20 Multistory Cropping and Traditional Household Gardens -- Household Gardens -- Indonesian Household Gardens -- Household Gardens in the Americas -- Multistory Systems in Africa -- Other Multistory Systems -- Effect of Shade and Density in Multistory Systems -- Summary -- 21 Sanitation -- Sanitation Practices -- Roguing -- Removing Infected Plant Parts -- Removing Healthy Plant Parts -- Composting -- Burning -- Soil Solarization -- Flooding -- Summary -- 22 Shade -- Effects of Shading -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Shading -- Increased Disease Under Shade -- Decreased Disease Under Shade -- Summary -- 23 Weeds and Wild Plants -- Weeds, Wild Plants, and Plant Diseases -- Weeds and Traditional Farming in Mexico -- Summary -- HOST PLANT RESISTANCE -- 24 Selection, Diversity, and Resistance -- Nature's Diversity in the Tropics -- Landraces and Centers of Genetic Diversity -- Interspecific Diversity -- Intraspecific Diversity -- Disease Resistance in Traditional Landraces -- Genetic Vulnerability -- Genetic Erosion -- Limitations of Modern Plant Breeding -- Conservation of Genetic Resources -- Summary -- 25 Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Disease Index -- Pathogen Index -- General Index -- About the Book and Author.
In this book, H. David Thurston catalogs and reviews valuable pest management practices that are in danger of being lost in the modernization process. Thurston evaluates the sustainability, labor requirements, and external inputs needed for these diverse systems and their management.
9781000241853
Traditional farming.
Electronic books.
SB731 .T487 2019
632/.9
Sustainable Practices for Plant Disease Management in Traditional Farming Systems. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (309 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Why Should Scientists Study Traditional Agriculture? -- Lack of Training in International Agriculture -- Traditional Farmers' Knowledge -- Traditional Farmers' Practices for Managing Plant Diseases -- Sustainable Plant Disease Management Practices and Systems -- Summary -- APPLICATION OF CHEMICALS -- 2 Pesticides -- Pesticide Use in Traditional Systems -- Traditional Fungicides -- Summary -- BIOLOGICAL CONTROL -- 3 Biological Control -- Suppressive Soils -- Antagonistic Plants and Trap Crops -- Summary -- CULTURAL PRACTICES -- Planting -- 4 Adjusting Density and Spacing -- Manipulations of Plant Density -- Increased Disease in Dense Stands -- Decreased Disease in Dense Stands -- Practices of Traditional Farmers for Manipulating Crop Density -- Summary -- 5 Adjusting Depth of Planting -- Shallow Versus Deep Planting -- Traditional Practices -- Summary -- 6 Adjusting Time of Planting -- Effect of Planting Dates on Plant Disease -- Traditional Manipulations of Planting Dates -- Summary -- 7 Site Selection -- Altitude Manipulations in Mountainous Areas -- Summary -- 8 Using Clean Seed -- Seed Beds -- Traditional Seed Growing Areas -- Traditional Seed Treatments -- Cutting Tubers in Colombia -- Summary -- Land Preparation Practices -- 9 Fallow and Disease Management -- Fallow in Slash and Burn Agriculture -- Nematode Management by Traditional Fallowing Systems -- Summary -- 10 Fire and Slash and Burn -- Historical Use of Fire -- Slash and Burn Agriculture -- Effect of Burning on Plant Diseases -- Summary -- 11 Flooding and Plant Disease Management -- The Paddy Rice System -- Flooding and Disease Management -- Flood Fallowing for Panama Disease Management -- Flooding for Nematode Management. Flooding as a Predisposing Factor to Plant Disease -- Summary -- 12 Mulching -- Materials Used for Mulches -- Benefits of Mulches -- Effects of Mulches on Plant Diseases -- Traditional Mulching Practices -- Slash/Mulch Systems -- Frijol Tapado System -- Web Blight Management by the Tapado System -- Other Traditional Practices for Web Blight Management -- Summary -- 13 Organic Soil Amendments -- Types of Organic Matter -- Organic Amendments and Plant Disease Management -- The Use of Organic Amendments in China -- Organic Amendments in Mexican Chinampas -- Organic Amendments in Other Traditional Systems -- Traditional Use of Green Manure Crops -- Contributions Possible from Human Waste -- Summary -- 14 Raised Beds -- Chinampas -- Waru Waru -- Tablones -- Flooding and Raised Beds -- Raised Beds in Asia -- Root and Tuber Crops -- Maize Mounds and Ridges -- Raised Beds for Plant Disease Management -- Summary -- 15 Rotations -- Nature of Rotation -- Rotations and Plant Disease -- Rotations and Nematode Management -- Rotation Versus Monoculture -- Summary -- 16 Terraces -- Terraces in Latin America -- Terraces in Asia -- Summary -- 17 Tillage -- Effects of Tillage on Plant Disease -- Modern Minimum Tillage Systems -- Effects of Crop Residues on Plant Diseases -- Soil Solarization -- Traditional No-tillage Systems -- Summary -- Crop Manipulations -- 18 Harvesting and Post-Harvest Storage -- Storage Losses in Developing Countries -- Storage Practices for Potatoes in the Andes -- Traditional Storage Practices in the Tropics -- Storage Practices for Maize -- Storage Practices for Roots and Tubers -- Storage Practices for Rice -- Summary -- 19 Multiple Cropping -- Associations Used in Multiple Cropping -- Importance and Prevalence of Multiple Cropping -- Effects on Yield -- Labor Requirements -- Research on Multiple Cropping -- Literature on Multiple Cropping. Definitions of Multiple Cropping -- Advantages of Multiple Cropping -- Flooding and Multiple Cropping -- Household Gardens and Multiple Cropping -- Increased Disease in Multiple Cropping -- Decreased Disease in Multiple Cropping -- Summary -- 20 Multistory Cropping and Traditional Household Gardens -- Household Gardens -- Indonesian Household Gardens -- Household Gardens in the Americas -- Multistory Systems in Africa -- Other Multistory Systems -- Effect of Shade and Density in Multistory Systems -- Summary -- 21 Sanitation -- Sanitation Practices -- Roguing -- Removing Infected Plant Parts -- Removing Healthy Plant Parts -- Composting -- Burning -- Soil Solarization -- Flooding -- Summary -- 22 Shade -- Effects of Shading -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Shading -- Increased Disease Under Shade -- Decreased Disease Under Shade -- Summary -- 23 Weeds and Wild Plants -- Weeds, Wild Plants, and Plant Diseases -- Weeds and Traditional Farming in Mexico -- Summary -- HOST PLANT RESISTANCE -- 24 Selection, Diversity, and Resistance -- Nature's Diversity in the Tropics -- Landraces and Centers of Genetic Diversity -- Interspecific Diversity -- Intraspecific Diversity -- Disease Resistance in Traditional Landraces -- Genetic Vulnerability -- Genetic Erosion -- Limitations of Modern Plant Breeding -- Conservation of Genetic Resources -- Summary -- 25 Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Disease Index -- Pathogen Index -- General Index -- About the Book and Author.
In this book, H. David Thurston catalogs and reviews valuable pest management practices that are in danger of being lost in the modernization process. Thurston evaluates the sustainability, labor requirements, and external inputs needed for these diverse systems and their management.
9781000241853
Traditional farming.
Electronic books.
SB731 .T487 2019
632/.9