UID:
edocfu_9961601415202883
Format:
1 online resource (662 p.)
ISBN:
90-8890-188-0
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90-8890-232-1
Content:
Mediterranean and West European pre-modern agriculture (agriculture before 1600) was by necessity 'organic agriculture'. Crop protection is part and parcel of this agriculture, with weed control in the forefront.Crop protection is embedded in the medieval agronomy text books but specialised sections do occur. Weeds, insects and diseases are described but identification in modern terms is not easy. The pre-modern 'Crop Portfolio' is well filled, certainly in the Mediterranean area. The medieval 'Pest Portfolio' differs from the modern one because agriculture then was a Low External Input Agricu
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction, pre-modern crop protection; 1.1 Why this book?; 1.2 The period of interest; 1.3 Crop protection - a special issue?; 1.4 The approach; Chapter 2: Books and authors; 2.1 A body of literature; 2.2 Traditions in agronomy; 2.2.1 The Graeco-Roman tradition; 2.2.2 The Near-Eastern tradition; 2.2.3 Cross-links between East and West; 2.2.4 A medieval tradition; 2.3 Three medieval authors; 2.3.1 Selected authors; 2.3.2 Anonymus - c.950 CE - 'Geoponika'; 2.3.3 Ibn al-'Awwām - c.1200 - 'Book on Agriculture'
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2.3.4 Pietro Crescenzi - c.1306 - 'On common agriculture'2.4 Predecessors; 2.4.1 Selected authors; 2.4.2 Hesiod - c.750 BCE - 'Days and works'; 2.4.3 Theophrastus - c.300 BCE - 'Enquiry into plants' and 'On the causes of plants'; 2.4.4 The Roman agronomists - c.100 BCE - c.400 CE - 'On agriculture'; 2.4.5 Vindonius Anatolius and Cassius Bassus - 4th to 6th century CE; 2.4.6 Ibn Wahshiyya - c.900 CE - 'Nabatean agriculture'; 2.5 Contemporaries; 2.5.1 Selected authors; 2.5.2 Three Andalusian authors; 2.5.3 Walter of Henley - c.1286 - 'Husbandry'
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2.5.4 Albertus Magnus - c.1200-1280 - 'On plants'2.5.5 Ibn Luyūn - 1348 - 'Book on agriculture'; 2.6 Successors; 2.6.1 Selected authors; 2.6.2 Gabriel de Herrera - 1513 - 'Treatise on agriculture'; 2.6.3 Olivier de Serres - 1600 - 'Theatre of agriculture'; 2.6.4 Miguel Agustín - 1617 - the 'Book of the Prior'; 2.7 Fantasy and reality; 2.8 The audience; Chapter 3: Pre-modern agriculture; 3.1 Geography and climate; 3.1.1 Geography, two scenes; 3.1.2 Climates; 3.1.3 Landscapes; 3.2 Farms and farming systems; 3.2.1 Pre-modern farming; 3.2.2 Farm and field sizes; 3.3 Crops and cropping systems
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3.3.1 Crops3.3.2 Planted crops; 3.3.3 Sown crops - Cereals; 3.3.4 Sown crops - Legumes; 3.3.5 Sown crops - Vegetables, herbs, ornamentals; 3.4 Crop selection and plant improvement; 3.4.1 Crop selection; 3.4.2 Varieties; 3.4.3 Seed selection; 3.4.4 Exchange of seeds and planting stock; 3.4.5 Genetics; 3.4.6 Transmutation; 3.5 Environment; 3.5.1 The abiotic environment - weather; 3.5.2 The abiotic environment - soils; 3.5.3 The biotic environment - ecosystem services; 3.5.4 The phases of the moon; 3.6 Crop management; 3.6.1 Soil tillage - Digging; 3.6.2 Soil tillage - Ploughing and harrowing
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3.6.3 Fallowing and crop rotation3.6.4 Sowing and planting; 3.6.5 Irrigation and drainage; 3.7 Harvesting, storing, processing; 3.7.1 The harvest; 3.7.2 The threshing floor; 3.7.3 Storage; 3.7.4 Yields; Chapter 4: Harmful agents; 4.1 Production constraints; 4.1.1 Human constraints; 4.1.2 Abiotic constraints; 4.1.3 Biotic constraints; 4.2 Mammals; 4.2.1 Cattle; 4.2.2 Wild boars and domestic swine; 4.2.3 Foxes; 4.2.4 Rabbits and hares; 4.2.5 Voles (field mice); 4.2.6 Mice; 4.2.7 Rats; 4.2.8 Moles and mole rats; 4.2.9 Large red mice (?); 4.3 Birds and reptiles; 4.3.1 Which birds?
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4.3.2 Bird damage at sowing time
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-8890-187-2
Language:
English
