Poplars and willows : trees for society and the environment /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : Rome : CABI ; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2014.
• Subjects: Poplar.; Willows.; Forests and forestry > Environmental aspects.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Silviculture and Forest Management.; Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees: Community, Farm and Social Forestry.; Meteorology and Climate.; Insects.; Populus.; Salix.; Agroforestry.; Agroforestry systems.; Climate.; Climate change.; Disease resistance.; Domestication.; Drought.; Environment.; Forest pests.; Forest plantations.; Forest trees.; Insect pests.; Plant diseases.; Plant genetic resources.; Plant pests.; Planting stock.; Poplars.; Productivity.; Rural areas.; Salinity.; Shelterbelts.; Society.; Sustainability.; Trees.
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• Item Description: "Published jointly by CAB International and FAO"--T.p. verso.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 634 pages, 48 pages of colored plates) : illustrations, charts, maps; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book entitled 'Poplars and Willows: Trees for Society and the Environment' contains twelve chapters. The poplars could equally well be willows, since they are clearly of a single, identified taxon (Chapter 2), selected originally from naturally occurring genetic resources (Chapter 3), but having undergone a process of domestication (Chapter 4) to enhance productivity and perhaps resistance to diseases (Chapter 8) and damaging insects (Chapter 9). The procedures for operationally producing poplar planting material, and for ensuring successful establishment and growth once planted, have been developed, honed and adapted to different regions of the world (Chapter 5). The trees provide shelter, an environmental benefit, to the field crop (Chapter 6). The scientist needs to be aware of the stresses placed on the agroforestry ecosystem by abiotic factors such as drought, salinity and the changing global climate (Chapter 7). The trees in the older plantation in the photo will soon be ready to harvest for a variety of products (Chapter 10) and the person managing this agroforestry system will need to consider the market trends and future outlook for different poplar products (Chapter 11), as well as for the field crops. By its very nature, the scene is one of support for rural livelihoods and sustainable development (Chapter 12).