Advances in Sustainable Agriculture and Horticulture: Towards Resilient, Productive, and Ecologically Sound Food Systems

This book covers key areas of sustainable agriculture and horticulture. The contributions by the authors include livestock farming system, climate change, livestock feed resource, dry matter intake, drought stress, morphological adaptations, advanced breeding strategy, omics-assisted breeding, indigenous and traditional ecological knowledge, community-led adaptation, tank-based water management, traditional water harvesting, agroecology, functional biodiversity, ecological intensification, diversified farming systems, plant disease management, organic farming, mixed cropping systems, biocontrol agents, natural farming, institutional involvement, country-level co-authorship analysis, drought-resilient soil health, carbon sequestration, soil aggregate stability, root growth and exudate production, rhizosphere microbiome dynamics, soil salinity, coalcharderived graphene oxide, saline irrigation water, enzymatic activities, plant biostimulants, nutrient use efficiency, foliar application, seaweed extracts, biofortification, conservation agriculture, resource conservation, crop rotation, conservation-grade seeds, zero tillage. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers, and academicians in the fields of sustainable agriculture and horticulture.