The Solar Corridor Crop System: Implementation and Impacts

The Solar Corridor Crop System: Implementation and Impacts presents a case-study format on the planning and implementation of alternative cropping systems designed to maximize incident sunlight and bio-support of all crops in a rotation system. The book describes the basic component of the system, an increased access point of incident sunlight between each row or pairs of rows that enables a more uniform vertical distribution of incident sunlight to chloroplasts within the entire corn leaf canopy. While the production environment and environment specific genetics determine the performance potential of this principle, by maximizing the principles that light is basic to crop yield, a solar corridor ultimately contributes to increased grain yield. Written by experts who were integral in the development of solar corridor systems, and providing real-world examples of the methods, challenges and future prospects, this book will be valuable for those seeking to increase yield-per-acre through both primary and cover-crops. Introduces readers to the concept of alternative row-cropping and its implementationPresents real-world experience, including challenges and solutionsEncourages research in maximizing photosynthesis impact on crop yield INDICE: 1. Crop production: Solar radiation and carbon dioxide as fundamental components for growth and economic yields 2. Crop production: Planting arrangement, plant density, and varietal selection for high yields 3. Water-use efficiency in cropping systems 4. Alternative cropping systems and impacts on rural community development and food deserts 5. The solar corridor concept and setting goals to double corn yield 6. The solar corridor: site-specific production environment 7. The solar corridor: varietal selection and optimum plant populations for the production environment 8. The solar corridor: selecting and establishing floor crop cultivars 9. Soil quality benefits of the solar corridor crop production system 10. Fine tuning the solar corridor crop production system for production environments 11. Solar corridor crop production and benefits to mankind and Earth 12. A practical guide for setting up the solar corridor adaptable to any crop production system 13. The unprecedented opportunity

• ISBN: 978-0-12-814792-4
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés