Sustainable Agriculture Reviews Volume 1 SeriesEditor EricLichtfouse Forfurthervolumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8380 Eric Lichtfouse Editor Organic Farming, Pest Control and Remediation of Soil Pollutants 123 Editor Dr.EricLichtfouse INRA-CMSE-PME 17rueSully 21000Dijon France [email protected] ISBN978-1-4020-9653-2 e-ISBN978-1-4020-9654-9 DOI10.1007/978-1-4020-9654-9 SpringerDordrechtHeidelbergLondonNewYork LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2008942776 (cid:2)c SpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V.2009 Nopartofthisworkmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorby anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,microfilming,recordingorotherwise,withoutwritten permissionfromthePublisher,withtheexceptionofanymaterialsuppliedspecificallyforthepurpose ofbeingenteredandexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusiveusebythepurchaserofthework. Coverillustration:sunflowerinFrance.CoverpicturewaskindlyprovidedbyDominiqueMillot,Dijon, France.Copyright:DominiqueMillot2008. Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) Contents SustainableAgricultureasaCentralSciencetoSolveGlobal SocietyIssues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 EricLichtfouse MotherofNecessity:TheSoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 RattanLal TechnologyWithoutWisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 RattanLal TransgenicCottonforSustainablePestManagement:AReview . . . . 15 JorgeB.Torres,JohnR.RubersonandMaryWhitehouse Conservation Agriculture: A Different Approach for Crop ProductionThroughSustainableSoilandWaterManagement: AReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 FabioStagnari,SolangeRamazzottiandMichelePisante RecurrentMassSelectionforRoutineImprovementofCommon Wheat:AReview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 G.F.MaraisandW.C.Botes Rotation Design: A Critical Factor for Sustainable Crop ProductioninaSemiaridClimate:AReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 RandyL.Anderson Parasitic Plants in Agriculture: Chemical Ecology of Germination and Host-Plant Location as Targets for SustainableControl:AReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 JustinB.Runyon,JohnF.Tooker,MarkC.Mescher andConsueloM.DeMoraes RiceSeedInvigoration:AReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 M.Farooq,S.M.A.Basra,A.Wahid,A.KhaliqandN.Kobayashi SoilManagementforSustainableCropDiseaseControl:AReview . . . 177 R.Ghorbani,S.Wilcockson,A.KoochekiandC.Leifert v vi Contents SoilProtectionThroughOrganicFarming:AReview . . . . . . . . . . 203 EvaErhartandWilfriedHartl SurfactantsinSludge-AmendedAgriculturalSoils:AReview . . . . . . 227 AliciaFerna´ndezCirelli,CarlosOjeda,MarianoJ.L.Castro andMiquelSalgot MineralNutritionforLegume-RhizobiaSymbiosis:B,Ca,N,P, S,K,Fe,Mo,Co,andNi:AReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 IldefonsoBonillaandLuisBolan˜os UncommonHeavyMetals,MetalloidsandTheirPlantToxicity: AReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 PetrBabula,VojtechAdam,RadkaOpatrilova,JosefZehnalek, LadislavHavelandReneKizek Role of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in the RemediationofMetalContaminatedSoils:AReview . . . . . . . . . . 319 MohammadSaghirKhan,AlmasZaidi,ParvazeAhmadWani andMohammadOves PhosphatesforPbImmobilizationinSoils:AReview . . . . . . . . . . 351 PatriciaMiretzkyandAliciaFernandezCirelli Cadmium Phytotoxicity: Responses, Mechanisms and MitigationStrategies:AReview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 AbdulWahid,MuhammadArshadandMuhammadFarooq Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Contributors VojtechAdam DepartmentofChemistryandBiochemistry,MendelUniversity of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Mendel University of AgricultureandForestry,Zemedelska1,CZ-61300Brno,CzechRepublic RandyL.Anderson USDA,2923MedaryAvenue,Brookings,SouthDakota, UnitedStates,[email protected] MuhammadArshad InstituteofSoilandEnvironmentalSciences,Universityof Agriculture,Faisalabad-38040,Pakistan PetrBabula DepartmentofNaturalDrugs,FacultyofPharmacy,Universityof VeterinaryandPharmaceuticalSciences,Palackeho1-3,CZ-61242Brno,Czech Republic ShahzadMaqsoodAhmedBasra DepartmentofCropPhysiology,Universityof Agriculture,Faisalabad-38040,Pakistan,[email protected] Luis Bolan˜os Departamento de Biolog´ıa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Auto´nomadeMadrid,28049-Madrid,Spain,[email protected] IldefonsoBonilla DepartamentodeBiolog´ıa,FacultaddeCiencias,Universidad Auto´nomadeMadrid,28049-Madrid,Spain WillemBotes DepartmentofGenetics,UniversityofStellenbosch,PrivateBag X1,Matieland7602,SouthAfrica,[email protected] Mariano J. L. Castro Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua, FacultaddeCienciasVeterinarias,UniversidaddeBuenosAires,Chorroarin280, C1427CWOCiudaddeBuenosAires,Argentina,[email protected] Alicia Ferna´ndez Cirelli Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Chorroarin 280, C1427CWO Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, [email protected]; [email protected] vii viii Contributors Consuelo M. De Moraes Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, 535 ASI Building, University Park, PA 16802, United States, [email protected] EvaErhart BioForschungAustria,FormerlyLudwigBoltzmann-Institutefor BiologicalAgricultureandAppliedEcology,Rinnboeckstrasse15,A-1110Vienna, Austria,[email protected] Muhammad Farooq Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040,Pakistan;InternationalRiceResearchInstitute(IRRI),DAPO Box.7777,MetroManila,Philippines,[email protected] RezaGhorbani DepartmentofAgronomy,FacultyofAgriculture,FerdowsiUni- versityofMashhad,P.O.Box91775-1163,Mashhad,Iran,[email protected] WilfriedHartl BioForschungAustria,FormerlyLudwigBoltzmann-Institutefor BiologicalAgricultureandAppliedEcology,Rinnboeckstrasse15,A-1110Vienna, Austria Ladislav Havel Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel UniversityofAgricultureandForestry,Zemedelska1,CZ-61300Brno,Czech Republic A.Khaliq DepartmentofAgronomy,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan Mohammad Saghir Khan Department ofAgriculturalMicrobiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India, [email protected] Rene Kizek Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic, [email protected] Nobuya Kobayashi International Rice Research Institute(IRRI),DAPOBox. 7777,MetroManila,Philippines AlirezaKoocheki DepartmentofAgronomy,FacultyofAgriculture,Ferdowsi UniversityofMashhad,P.O.Box91775-1163,Mashhad,Iran RattanLal CarbonManagementandSequestrationCenter,OhioStateUniversity, Columbus,OH43210,UnitedStates,[email protected] Carlo Leifert Nafferton Ecological Farming Group, School of Agriculture, University of Newcastle, Nafferton Farm, Stocksfields, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE437XD,UK GFMarais DepartmentofGenetics,UniversityofStellenbosch,PrivateBagX1, Matieland7602,SouthAfrica,[email protected] MarkC.Mescher DepartmentofEntomology,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, 501ASIBuilding,UniversityPark,PA16802,UnitedStates Contributors ix PatriciaMiretzky CentrodeGeociencias-UniversidadNacionalAuto´nomade Me´xico,CampusJuriquilla,BoulevardJuriquilla3001,Queretaro,Mexico76230, [email protected] Carlos Ojeda Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua, Facultad de CienciasVeterinarias,UniversidaddeBuenosAires,Chorroarin280,C1427CWO CiudaddeBuenosAires,Argentina,[email protected] RadkaOpatrilova DepartmentofNaturalDrugs,FacultyofPharmacy,University ofVeterinaryandPharmaceuticalSciences,Palackeho1-3,CZ-61242Brno,Czech Republic Mohammad Oves Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of AgriculturalSciences,AligarhMuslimUniversity,Aligarh-202002,India Michele Pisante Department of Food Science, Agronomy and Crop Sciences research and Education Centre, University of Teramo, 64023 Mosciano Sant’Angelo,TE,Italy Solange Ramazzotti Department of Food Science, Agronomy and Crop SciencesresearchandEducationCentre,UniversityofTeramo,64023Mosciano Sant’Angelo,Italy JohnR.Ruberson DepartmentofEntomology,UniversityofGeorgia,Coastal PlainExperimentStation,Tifton,GA31793,UnitedStates JustinB.Runyon DepartmentofEntomology,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,501 ASIBuilding,UniversityPark,PA16802,UnitedStates MiquelSalgot Institutdel’Aigua,UniversidaddeBarcelona,JoanXXIIIS/N, C.P.08028Barcelona,Espan˜a,[email protected] Fabio Stagnari Department of Food Science, Agronomy and Crop Sciences research and Education Centre, University of Teramo, 64023 Mosciano Sant’Angelo,TE,Italy,[email protected] JohnF.Tooker DepartmentofEntomology,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,501 ASIBuilding,UniversityPark,PA16802,UnitedStates JorgeB.Torres DEPA-Entomologia,UniversidadeFederalRuraldePernambuco. Av.DomManoeldeMedeiros,s/n,DoisIrma˜os.52171-900Recife,PE,Brazil, [email protected] AbdulWahid DepartmentofBotany,UniversityofAgriculture,Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan,[email protected] Parvaze Ahmad Wani Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of AgriculturalSciences,AligarhMuslimUniversity,Aligarh-202002,India MaryWhitehouse CSIROCottonResearchUnit,LockedBag59,Narrabri,NSW 2390,Australia