Organic Crop Production: Ambitions and Limitations (Hardcover, 2009)

Preface, Holger Kirchmann and Lars;1. Widespread opinions about Organic Agriculture - Are they supported by scientific evidence? Lars Bergstrom, Holger Kirchmann and Gudni Thorvaldsson; 2. Fundamentals of Organic Agriculture - Past and Present, Holger Kirchmann, Gudni Thorvaldsson, Lars Bergstrom, Martin Gerzabek, Olof Andren, Lars-Olov Eriksson and Mikael Winninge; 3. Can organic crop production feed the world? Holger Kirchmann, Lars Bergstrom, Thomas Katter, Olof Andre and Rune Andersson; 4. Plant nutrients in organic farming, Keith Goulding, Elizabeth Stockdale and Christine Watson; 5. Nutrient supply in organic agriculture - plant availability, sources and recycling, Holger Kirchmann, Thomas Katterer and Lars Bergstrom; 6. Synthesis of the Apelsvoll cropping system experiment in Norway - Nutrient balance, use efficiency and leaching, Audun Korsaeth and Ragnar Eltun; 7. Use efficiency and leaching of nutrients in organic and conventional cropping systems in Sweden, Lars Bergstrom, Holger Kirchmann, Helena Aronsson, Gunnar Torstensson, and Lennart Mattsson; 8. How will conversion to organic cereal production affect carbon stocks in Swedish agricultural soils? Olof Andren, Thomas Katterer and Holger Kirchmann; 9. Energy analysis of organic and conventional agricultural systems, Gote Bertilsson, Holger Kirchmann and Lars Bergstrom; 10. The role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in organic farming, Megan H. Ryan and Mark Tibbett; 11. Organic food production and its influence on naturally occurring toxins, Carl K. Winter