Biodiversity, Functional Ecosystems and Sustainable Food Production

In recent decades, practices like the cultivation of a few high-yielding crop varieties on a large scale, the application of heavy machinery and continued mechanization of agriculture, the removal of natural habitats, and the application of pesticides and synthetics have resulted in the simplificati...

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Institution som forfatter: SpringerLink (Online service)
Andre forfattere: Galanakis, Charis M. (Editor)
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Udgivelse:1st ed. 2023.
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Online adgang:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07434-9
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • 1. Agro-biodiversity across the food chain
  • 2. Emerging risks to plant health
  • 3. Future-proofing Plants against Climate Change- A path to ensure Sustainable Food Systems
  • 4. The role of Integrated Pest Management for sustainable food production: The soybean example
  • 5. (Alternative approaches to pesticide use): Plant-derived pesticides
  • 6. Antimicrobial use in animal food production
  • 7. Impacts of environment-friendly unit operations on the functional properties of bee pollen
  • 8. Microbiome applications for sustainable food systems
  • 9. Healthier and sustainable food systems: integrating underutilized crops in a ‘Theory of Change Approach
  • 10. Alternative proteins for food and feed.