Crop Protection and Sustainable Agriculture

The challenge facing agriculture, particularly in developing countries, is to increase productivity without causing ecological damage. An important aspect of sustainable agriculture is the substitution of chemicals and capital with locally grown biological inputs and knowledge. The sustainable protection of crops has immense relevance for the security of the food supply chain, in a world of growing population and shrinking resources. In the last decades, the increasing awareness of serious drawbacks coming from the use of pesticides stimulated studies aimed at identifying and developing new biological substances for crop protection, which are safer and more sustainable. This book covers the sustainable agricultural development, with a particular focus on crop protection. 

Print ISBN: 9781682518915 | $160 | 2023 | Hardcover

Subject: Agriculture and Plant Science

Editor:  Protazio Sande

About the Editor: Protazio Sande is a Professor of Agronomy. He received his Ph.D. in Plant Stress Physiology and Antioxidant Metabolism. He has written more than thirty book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress tolerance, and crop production. His current work is focused on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance, and approaches to enhancing plant productivity via stress tolerance mechanisms.