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Plant Production on the Threshold of a New Century

Proceedings of the International Conference at the Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, held June 28 – July 1, 1993

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. P. C. Struik

    1. Department of Agronomy, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  2. W. J. Vredenberg

    1. Department of Plant Physiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  3. J. A. Renkema

    1. Department of Farm Management, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  4. J. E. Parlevliet

    1. Department of Plant Breeding, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences (DPSS, volume 61)

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Table of contents (69 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Opening Session

    1. Crop Production on the Threshold of a New Century

      • J. C. Zadoks
      Pages 1-8

  3. Sessions on Farm Management Aspects

    1. Reflections on the Economic and Ecological Sustainability of Modern Plant Production

      • G. Weinschenck
      Pages 9-22

    2. Farm Economic Modelling of Integrated Plant Production

      • G. A. A. Wossink, J. A. Renkema
      Pages 23-36

    3. Innovative Research with Ecological Pilot Farmers

      • P. Vereijken, H. Kloen
      Pages 37-56

    4. Plants of the Future. Can Past History Teach Any Lessons?

      • Joan Thirsk
      Pages 57-70

    5. Farming Systems Characterization through Cropping Patterns ; experiences from lowland vegetable production in Indonesia

      • J. S. Buurma
      Pages 71-76

    6. Economic and Ecological Potentials of Sustainable Agriculture in South-India

      • A. De Jager, E. Van Der Werf
      Pages 77-83

    7. The Use of Farm Economic Modelling to Determine the Influence of Macsharry on the Development towards Sustainability

      • C. Van Der Houwen
      Pages 85-91

    8. Review and Application of the Farming Styles Concept: The Case of Dutch Arable Farming

      • J. H. Van Niejenhuis, G. A. A. Wossink
      Pages 93-100

    9. Economic Aspects of Environmental Policy in the Mushroom Industry in the Netherlands

      • A. J. J. Van Roestel, J. P. G. Gerrits, L. J. L. D. Van Griensven
      Pages 101-108

    10. Micropropagation, an Essential Tool in Modern Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Plant Breeding

      • R. L. M. Pierik, H. J. Scholten
      Pages 109-114

    11. Introduction to a Bio-Economic Production Model for Sugar Beet Growing

      • A. B. Smit, J. H. Van Niejenhuis, P. C. Struik
      Pages 115-122

  4. Sessions on Cropping Systems Aspects

    1. The Concept of Closed Business Systems in the Dutch Glasshouse Horticulture

      • Henk J. Van Oosten
      Pages 123-135

    2. Magnitudes of Disturbance in the Evolution of Agro-Ecosystems: N-Flows in Rice-Based Systems

      • L. O. Fresco, N. De Ridder, T. J. Stomph
      Pages 137-149

    3. Durable Ecocomplexity: Beyond the Threshold of a New Century

      • R. A. A. Oldeman
      Pages 151-158

    4. Biodiversity and the World’s Food Crisis

      • Otto T. Solbrig
      Pages 159-168

    5. Von Liebig’s Law of the Minimum and Low-Input Technologies

      • Q. Paris
      Pages 169-177

    6. Nitrogen Fluxes in the Crop-Soil System of Brussels Sprouts and Leek

      • R. Booij, C. T. Enserink, A. L. Smit, A. Van Der Werf
      Pages 179-185

    7. Modelling in the Search for Balance between Inputs and Outputs in Greenhouse Cultivation

      • Hugo Challa, Ep Heuvelink, Klaas-Jan Leutscher
      Pages 187-195
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About this book

Plant Production on the Threshold of a New Century describes and compares problems and frontier developments in the different sectors of plant production, integrating developments in basic plant sciences, crop science and socioeconomic science, leading to sustainable plant production. Hence the book formulates goals and constraints in policy, economy, production, environment and land use; indicates how these goals and constraints may be translated into farming styles and cropping systems; and describes how the fundamental plant sciences can contribute to the implementation of such farming styles and cropping systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Agronomy, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    P. C. Struik

  • Department of Plant Physiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    W. J. Vredenberg

  • Department of Farm Management, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    J. A. Renkema

  • Department of Plant Breeding, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    J. E. Parlevliet

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Production on the Threshold of a New Century

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Conference at the Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, held June 28 – July 1, 1993

  • Editors: P. C. Struik, W. J. Vredenberg, J. A. Renkema, J. E. Parlevliet

  • Series Title: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1158-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2903-9Published: 30 June 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4505-6Published: 20 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1158-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 501

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology, Agricultural Economics, Plant Ecology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharma

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