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Advances in Agronomy
- 1st Edition, Volume 179 - April 14, 2023
- Editor: Donald L. Sparks
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 6 2 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 6 3 - 0
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 179, 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 179, 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 Complementing Compost with Biochar for Agriculture, Soil Remediation and Climate Mitigation, Weed Management in Wet Direct-seeded Rice (Oryza sativa L.): Issues and Opportunities, Plant Temperature Response and Heat Tolerance in Rice: A Review, Obstacles in Continuous Cropping: Mechanisms and Control Measures, Agriculture-Related Green House Gas Emissions and Mitigation Measures, and more.
- 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
- Series page
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: Complementing compost with biochar for agriculture, soil remediation and climate mitigation
- Abstract
- Graphic abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sources of organic wastes
- 3: Biochar production
- 4: Compost production
- 5: Biochar-compost production
- 6: Compost quality, regulations, standards and guides
- 7: Biochar influencing compost agricultural property
- 8: Application methods for biochar in agricultural soils
- 9: Application methods for compost and biochar-compost
- 10: Application of biochar to manage climate change, agricultural soil carbon and nitrogen
- 11: Application of biochar or compost to improve soil structure
- 12: Application rate of biochar-compost
- 13: Remediation of soils containing toxic elements
- 14: Remediation of soils containing organic contaminants
- 15: Future research
- 16: Salient points
- Case Study
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two: Weed management in wet direct-seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.): Issues and opportunities
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Critical period of crop-weed competition and yield loss
- 3: Shifts in weed flora
- 4: Herbicide resistance in weeds
- 5: Weedy rice and its management in WDSR
- 6: Current weed management options
- 7: Recent developments/potential approaches
- 8: Future research needs
- Conflicts of interest
- References
- Chapter Three: Temperature response of plants and heat tolerance in Rice: A review
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Thermal response of plants
- 3: How plants perceive temperature signals
- 4: Effects of heat stress on plants
- 5: How plants respond to heat stress
- 6: Research progress on heat tolerance of rice
- 7: Breeding studies for heat tolerant rice
- 8: Summary
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter Four: Obstacles in continuous cropping: Mechanisms and control measures
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Adverse effects of CC on plant growth and physiology
- 3: Mechanisms underlying CC obstacles
- 4: Prevention and control methods for CC obstacles
- 5: Problems and prospects
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Five: Agriculture-related green house gas emissions and mitigation measures
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Precision in GHG measurements for purposeful inventory
- 3: Climate trend and global food production
- 4: Trend in fertilizer-N use and N-use efficiency
- 5: Agronomic practices for reducing the GHG emissions
- 6: Conservation agriculture in relation to GHG emissions
- 7: Grasslands as sink or source of green house gases
- 8: Peat lands as sink or source of green house gas emissions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 179
- Published: April 14, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443192623
- eBook ISBN: 9780443192630
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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, USA