Advances in Agronomy
- 1st Edition, Volume 55 - October 3, 1995
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Donald L. Sparks
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 6 3 6 8 - 8
With eight outstanding reviews on cutting-edge advances in the crop and soil sciences, this volume emphasizes environmental quality and biotechnology. The connections between… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWith eight outstanding reviews on cutting-edge advances in the crop and soil sciences, this volume emphasizes environmental quality and biotechnology. The connections between agricultural practice and environmental impact are addressed in chapters on sewage sludge, dissolved organic matter, and metals and pyrolysis-mass spectrometry of soil organic matter. Also among this collection are reviews on USDA's plant genome project, DNA markers, and peanut genetics and breeding. With this latest volume, Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a prolific and first-rate reference by the scientific community. In 1993 Advances in Agronomy increased its publication frequency to three volumes per year, and will continue this trend as the breadth of agronomic inquiry and knowledge continues to grow.
@introbul:Key Features
@bul:* Synchrotron X-ray techniques
* USDA plant genome program
* Pyrolysis-mass spectrometric analysis of soil organic matter
* Dissolved organic carbon and metal sorption by soils
* DNA markers in plant breeding
* Sewage sludge amended agricultural land
* Peanut breeding and genetics
* GIS in agricultural systems
@bul:* Synchrotron X-ray techniques
* USDA plant genome program
* Pyrolysis-mass spectrometric analysis of soil organic matter
* Dissolved organic carbon and metal sorption by soils
* DNA markers in plant breeding
* Sewage sludge amended agricultural land
* Peanut breeding and genetics
* GIS in agricultural systems
Researchers and students in agronomy, plant and soil sciences, and environmental sciences in university, industry, and government laboratories.
D.G. Schulze and P.M. Bertsch, Synchrotron X-Ray Techniques in Soil, Plant, and Environmental Research.
G.W. Petersen, J.C. Bell, K. McSweeney, G.A. Nielsen, and P.C. Robert, Geographic Information Systems in Agronomy.
USDA Plant Genome Research Program Participants, USDA Plant Genome Research Program.
M. Schnitzer and H.-R. Schulten, Analysis of Organic Matter in Soil Extracts and Whole Soils by Pyrolysis-Mass Spectrometry.
R.D. Harter and R. Naidu, Role of Metal-Organic Complexation in Metal Sorption by Soils.
M. Lee, DNA Markers and Plant Breeding Programs.
A.J. Beck, R.E. Alcock, S.C. Wilson, M.-J. Wang, S.R. Wild, A.P. Sewart, and K.C. Jones, Long-Term Persistence of Organic Chemicals in Sewage Sludge-Amended Agricultural Land: A Soil Quality Perspective.
D.A. Knauft and J.C. Wynne, Peanut Breeding and Genetics.
References.
Subject Index.
G.W. Petersen, J.C. Bell, K. McSweeney, G.A. Nielsen, and P.C. Robert, Geographic Information Systems in Agronomy.
USDA Plant Genome Research Program Participants, USDA Plant Genome Research Program.
M. Schnitzer and H.-R. Schulten, Analysis of Organic Matter in Soil Extracts and Whole Soils by Pyrolysis-Mass Spectrometry.
R.D. Harter and R. Naidu, Role of Metal-Organic Complexation in Metal Sorption by Soils.
M. Lee, DNA Markers and Plant Breeding Programs.
A.J. Beck, R.E. Alcock, S.C. Wilson, M.-J. Wang, S.R. Wild, A.P. Sewart, and K.C. Jones, Long-Term Persistence of Organic Chemicals in Sewage Sludge-Amended Agricultural Land: A Soil Quality Perspective.
D.A. Knauft and J.C. Wynne, Peanut Breeding and Genetics.
References.
Subject Index.
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 55
- Published: October 3, 1995
- No. of pages (eBook): 461
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080563688
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Donald L. Sparks
DONALD L. SPARKS is the Unidel S. Hallock du Pont Chair and Francis Alison Professor at the University of Delaware. He is internationally recognized for his research in the areas of kinetics of biogeochemical processes and surface chemistry of natural materials. His research has focused on fate and transport of trace metals in soil and water, soil remediation, water quality, and carbon sequestration in soils. Dr. Sparks is the author of two previous editions of Environmental Soil Chemistry and more than 350 refereed papers and book chapters. He is fellow of five scientific societies, and he has been the recipient of major awards and lectureships including the Geochemistry Medal from the American Chemical Society, the Liebig Medal from the International Union of Soil Sciences, the Einstein Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Philippe Duchaufour Medal from the European Geosciences Union. Dr. Sparks served as president of the Soil Science Society of America and the International Union of Soil Sciences, has served on advisory committees for several national laboratories and national and international centers and institutes, and served as chair of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee for Soil Sciences and other NAS Committees.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USARead Advances in Agronomy on ScienceDirect