{"title":"Beyond the green revolution: the ecology and politics of global agricultural developments","authors":"Margaret R. Biswas","doi":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90028-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90028-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100064,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture and Environment","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 63-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90028-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113266717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Agricultural ecology — An analysis of world food production systems","authors":"R.G. Downes","doi":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90031-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90031-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100064,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture and Environment","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 67-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90031-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"111647961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Third international congress of ecology","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90038-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90038-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100064,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture and Environment","volume":"6 1","pages":"Page 78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90038-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137163422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Animals, feed, food and people. An analysis of the role of animals in food production","authors":"R.H. Watson","doi":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90032-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90032-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100064,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture and Environment","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 70-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90032-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77256970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diatomaceous earth as a possible alternative to chemical insecticides","authors":"Thomas E. Ross","doi":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90026-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90026-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Chemical insecticides are known to be often hazardous to many life forms within the natural environment. To preserve the planet's productivity it is vital that less potent insecticides be developed and utilized worldwide. This paper reviews one possible alternative to chemical insecticides by examining the evidence for the potential of diatomaceous earth, a nontoxic naturally occurring material, as a pest control agent. Tests conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture have shown that diatomaceous earth can be more effective than malathion in controlling a variety of insects, including the lesser grain borer, rice weevil, and confused flour beetle. It is possible that with proper climatic conditions and application techniques diatomaceous earth could be effectively used on field crops as well, thus reducing the amount of chemical residues in water, soil, and atmosphere. Diatomaceous earth is not a miracle cure to the insect problem, but it does have many attractive features that should be considered by the world's agriculturalists.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100064,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture and Environment","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 43-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90026-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76598480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diurnal and seasonal changes in sensitivity of plants to short exposures of hydrogen chloride gas","authors":"A.L. Granett, O.C. Taylor","doi":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90025-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90025-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Increasing the concentration of hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas during single 20-min exposures from 13 to 27 mg m<sup>−3</sup> significantly increased amounts of visible foliar injury recorded after 48 h on pinto beans and radishes. These two species were equally sensitive to HCl gas. Fumigations made between 08.00 and 14.00 h were more damaging than those made earlier or later in the day. No clear effect of season was noted although injury from fumigations made in August was greater than that occurring in February. In addition to being related to concentrations of HCl, amounts of foliar injury were positively correlated with ambient temperatures and amounts of light, these relationships possibly explaining the greater sensitivity of plants in the period 08.00–14.00 h.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100064,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture and Environment","volume":"6 1","pages":"Pages 33-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90025-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72681829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J.M. Lynch, F.B. Ellis, S.H.T. Harper, D.G. Christian
{"title":"The effect of straw on the establishment and growth of winter cereals","authors":"J.M. Lynch, F.B. Ellis, S.H.T. Harper, D.G. Christian","doi":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90047-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90047-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In two experiments differing in soil type and previous cropping history, direct drilling of winter cereals into chopped residues of straw from the previous crop resulted in a smaller yield than when the straw was burnt. Dry straw impeded the drill mechanism but when wetter straw allowed satisfactory seed sowing plant development was slowed, probably largely as a result of microbiological processes. Fewer tillers were then produced and the smaller grain yield was a consequence of fewer fertile ears per plant. Yields were not restricted so severely if the straw was rotovated or disced into the soil prior to drilling.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100064,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture and Environment","volume":"5 4","pages":"Pages 321-328"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90047-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73994805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Best management practices for agriculture and silviculture, Proceedings of the 1978 Cornell agricultural waste management conference","authors":"O. Kirsch","doi":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90056-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90056-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100064,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture and Environment","volume":"5 4","pages":"Pages 340-341"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90056-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74525226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The use and significance of pesticides in the environment","authors":"Michael Newton","doi":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90053-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90053-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100064,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture and Environment","volume":"5 4","pages":"Pages 335-337"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90053-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78593732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Causes of environmental deterioration in eastern barbados since colonization","authors":"S.W. Tam","doi":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90045-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0304-1131(81)90045-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The headwater area of the Joe's River Basin in eastern Barbados has a severe erosion problem. Symptoms of the deteriorating physical environment include channel incision, gullying, stream capture, spawning of erosion cells and extensive mass movements, products of the increase of erosive energy throughput in the system. Separate experimental runoff plots were established in the basin to represent three different environmental conditions: re-vegetated hill slopes, cane fields and abandoned down-hill furrows. Analysis of data reveals an association between land use types and runoff. It supports the hypothesis that large-scale deforestation and cane growing since colonization have changed the hydrologic regime, bringing accelerated erosion to these areas outcropped by the relatively weak, impervious Joe's River Muds. The present “conservation” practice of down-hill furrows is aggravating the erosion problem further.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100064,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture and Environment","volume":"5 4","pages":"Pages 285-308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0304-1131(81)90045-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86648750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}