Quantitative population epigenetics - a catalyst for sustainable agriculture
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5073/jka.2014.443.086Abstract
The use of quantitative population epigenetics and the related importance of stress can lead to a paradigm shift, away from a high-input and high-output agriculture with a maximum utilization of the genetic potential to an ecological intensification, to a low-input and high-output agriculture which is optimization and harmonization of limiting stress factors to achieve maximum results with limited environmental or ecological resources.
Keywords: Agricultural ethics, ecological intensification of agricultural practices, high-output, low-input, quantitative population epigenetics, stress
Quantitative Populations-Epigenetik, Katalysator für eine nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
Zusammenfassung
Die Anwendung der quantitativen Populations-Epigenetik und die damit verbundene Bedeutung von Stress kann einen Paradigmenwechsel unterstützen, weg von einer „High-Input, High-Output“-Landwirtschaft mit einer maximalen Ausnutzung des genetischen Potentials hin zu einer ökologischen Intensivierung, zu einer Optimierung und Harmonisierung von begrenzenden Stressfaktoren, zu einer „Low-Input, High-Output“-Landwirtschaft, mit einer maximalen Nutzung des Umweltpotentiales.
Stichwörter: Agrarethik, High-Output, Kulturelle Nachhaltigkeit, Low-Input, ökologische Intensivierung der Landwirtschaft, quantitative Populations-Epigenetik, Stress
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