Advances in Agronomy
- 1st Edition, Volume 177 - January 10, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Donald L. Sparks
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 5 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 5 9 - 3
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 117, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Chapters in thi… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Agronomy, Volume 117, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Chapters in this new release include Farming Systems Research: Concepts, Design and Methodology, Soil Potassium Fertility and Management Strategies in South Asian Agriculture, Sensing for Characterizing and Monitoring Soil Functions – A Review, Isolation and Fractionation of Organic Matter from Soils and Waters, Tolerance Mechanism and Management Concepts of Iron Toxicity in Rice: A Critical Review, and Smart Sensing and Automated Irrigation for Sustainable Rice Systems: A State of the Art Review.
- 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
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: Farming systems research: Concepts, design and methodology
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Background
- 3: Systems analysis
- 4: Farming systems
- 5: Farming systems research
- 6: Evolution of farming systems research
- 7: Methodology of farming systems research
- 8: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter Two: Soil potassium fertility and management strategies in South Asian agriculture
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Supply of global potassium reserves
- 3: Soil potassium status of South Asia countries
- 4: Potassium fertilizer use, input and output balance in South Asia
- 5: Potassium release and supply from soil/minerals
- 6: Potassium response
- 7: Potassium deficiency symptoms in various plants
- 8: Potassium management strategies in predominant cropping systems/ecosystems in South Asia
- 9: Identification of potassium efficient regions for sustainable management in crops/cropping systems: Need for refinement
- 10: Impacts of potassium in adaptation and mitigation of climate change
- 11: Potassium on crop quality parameters
- 12: Conclusion
- 13: Way forward and policy needs
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Three: Sensing technologies for characterizing and monitoring soil functions: A review
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Extracting information from sensing technologies
- 3: Soil properties as indicators of soil functions
- 4: A few examples of the assessment of soil functions in Brazil
- 5: Advantages, limitations and way forward
- 6: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Four: Isolation and fractionation of organic matter from soils and waters
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Definitions related to components of soil organic matter
- 3: Solvent systems for the isolation of components of SOM
- 4: Aqueous solvent systems
- 5: Isolation of dissolved organic matter from waters
- 6: Fractionation of humic substances from soils and waters
- 7: Overview and future directions
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Five: Tolerance mechanism and management concepts of iron toxicity in rice: A critical review
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Essentiality of iron in rice
- 3: Iron regulation in soil: Conditions enhancing iron toxicity
- 4: Iron in plant: Uptake, transport, and symptoms of iron toxicity
- 5: Tolerance of rice to excess iron
- 6: Agronomic management strategy to alleviate iron toxicity
- 7: Nutrient management strategy to alleviate iron toxicity
- 8: Conclusions and future research needs
- References
- Chapter Six: Smart sensing and automated irrigation for sustainable rice systems: A state of the art review
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Review of automated irrigation systems in rice
- 3: Gap analysis of smart sensed automated irrigation systems for water saving rice
- 4: Potential opportunities of a smart sensed automated surface irrigation system in rice
- 5: Conclusion
- Funding
- Conflict of interest
- Ethics approval
- Consent to participate
- Consent for publication
- Availability of data and material
- Code availability
- Authors' contributions
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 177
- Published: January 10, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 306
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443192586
- eBook ISBN: 9780443192593
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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.
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Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USARead Advances in Agronomy on ScienceDirect