Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Vol. 28 No. 1 (January-March 2008)

• Pharmaceutical crops in California, benefits and risks. A review     p. 1
  Michelle Marvier
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• Bacillus thuringiensis: applications in agriculture and insect resistance management. A review     p. 11
  Vincent Sanchis and Denis Bourguet
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• Genetically modified glyphosate-tolerant soybean in the USA: adoption factors, impacts and prospects. A review     p. 21
  Sylvie Bonny
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• Role of nutrients in controlling plant diseases in sustainable agriculture. A review     p. 33
  Christos Dordas
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• Grasslands for bioenergy production. A review     p. 47
  Enrico Ceotto
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• Soils and sustainable agriculture. A review     p. 57
  R. Lal
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• Soil-erosion and runoff prevention by plant covers. A review     p. 65
  Víctor Hugo Durán Zuazo and Carmen Rocío Rodríguez Pleguezuelo
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• Denitrification in cropping systems at sub-zero soil temperatures. A review     p. 87
  Rebecca L. Phillips
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• Saffron, an alternative crop for sustainable agricultural systems. A review     p. 95
  F. Gresta, G.M. Lombardo, L. Siracusa and G. Ruberto
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• Sustainable pest management for cotton production. A review     p. 113
  Jean-Philippe Deguine, Pierre Ferron and Derek Russell
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• Agri-environmental indicators to assess cropping and farming systems. A review     p. 139
  Christian Bockstaller, Laurence Guichard, David Makowski, Anne Aveline, Philippe Girardin and Sylvain Plantureux
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• Methodological progress in on-farm regional agronomic diagnosis. A review     p. 151
  Thierry Doré, Cathy Clermont-Dauphin, Yves Crozat, Christophe David, Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy, Chantal Loyce, David Makowski, Eric Malézieux, Jean-Marc Meynard and Muriel Valantin-Morison
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• Ex ante assessment of the sustainability of alternative cropping systems: implications for using multi-criteria decision-aid methods. A review     p. 163
  Walid Sadok, Frédérique Angevin, Jacques-Éric Bergez, Christian Bockstaller, Bruno Colomb, Laurence Guichard, Raymond Reau and Thierry Doré
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