Advances in Agronomy
- 1st Edition, Volume 174 - May 7, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Donald L. Sparks
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 9 5 7 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 8 9 5 8 - 9
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 174, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Each chapte… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Agronomy, Volume 174, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
- Includes numerous, timely, state-of-the-art reviews on the latest advancements in agronomy
- Features distinguished, well recognized authors from around the world
- Builds upon this venerable and iconic review series
- Covers the extensive variety and breadth of subject matter in the crop and soil sciences
Scientists and practitioners in academe, government, and industry and students in an array of fields including crop and soil sciences, agronomy, plant biology, and environmental sciences
- Cover image
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: Soil nitrogen supply and N fertilizer losses from Australian dryland grain cropping systems
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Australian agroclimatic cropping regions
- 3: Soil nitrogen supply pathways
- 4: Nitrogen losses
- 5: Knowledge gaps and research priorities
- 6: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two: Trace contaminants in the environmental assessment of organic waste recycling in agriculture: Gaps between methods and knowledge
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Environmental assessment of organic waste treatment and agricultural recycling—State of the art: Consideration of contaminants
- 3: Gaps in environmental assessment methods and empirical knowledge regarding contaminants in organic waste treatment and agricultural recycling
- 4: Potential environmental assessment enhancement and the prospect of a comprehensive framework for agricultural organic waste recycling assessment
- 5: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Three: Precise quantification of plant nutrient bioavailability: The relevance of the nutrient buffer power concept
- Abstract
- 1: Efficient plant nutrient management: The key factor in sustainable crop production
- 2: Soil tests and nutrient “bioavailability”
- 3: Rating soil tests to define nutrient bioavailability and a fertility index
- 4: The buffer power and effect on nutrient bioavailability
- 5: Measuring the nutrient buffer power and its importance in affecting nutrient concentrations on the root surface
- 6: Quantifying the buffer power and testing its effect on nutrient bioavailability
- 7: P buffer power measurement vs soil test P data for dependability of nutrient bioavailability prediction
- 8: Example of potassium
- 9: The importance of K buffer power determination in predicting K bioavailability in perennial crops
- 10: The commercial significance of K buffer power determination in K fertilizer management for perennial crops
- 11: Case studies with African soils
- 12: Experimental evidence in black pepper
- 13: Case studies with Asian soils
- 14: Experimental evidence in cardamom
- 15: Concluding comments and future imperatives
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Four: Stimulation of plasma membrane H+-ATPase by auxins or fusicoccin and its relation to maize kernel setting, grain yield, and harvest index
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Auxins
- 3: Fusicoccin
- 4: Conclusions and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Five: Overview and application of the Mitscherlich equation and its extensions to estimate the soil nitrogen pool fraction associated with crop yield and nitrous oxide emission
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Overview and data
- 3: Application and discussion
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 174
- Published: May 7, 2022
- No. of pages (Hardback): 314
- No. of pages (eBook): 314
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323989572
- eBook ISBN: 9780323989589
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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