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Advances in Agronomy
- 1st Edition, Volume 180 - May 31, 2023
- Editor: Donald L. Sparks
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 6 4 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 6 5 - 4
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 180, 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 180, 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 The Socio-Economic Impact of Fungicide Resistance in West Australia’s Wheatbelt, Microbial Inoculant Carriers: Soil Health Improvement and Moisture Retention in Sustainable Agriculture, Response Network of Plant-Soil-Rhizosphere Environment to Drought Stress and their Regulatory Measures, and Agricultural Residues Management: Life Cycle Assessment Implications for Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Emissions, An Analysis of Earth Temperature and Related Series in Air and Soil.
- 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
- Series Page
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: The socio-economic impact of fungicide resistance in West Australia's Wheatbelt
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Theoretical framework
- 3: Case study
- 4: Discussion and conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two: Microbial inoculant carriers: Soil health improvement and moisture retention in sustainable agriculture
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Characteristics of ideal carriers in microbial inoculants
- 3: Microbial carriers in inoculants
- 4: Ecological implications of microbial carriers in sustainable agriculture
- 5: Dryland ecosystems: Need for specific microbial inoculant formulations
- 6: Future perspectives
- 7: Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Three: Response network and regulatory measures of plant-soil-rhizosphere environment to drought stress
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Plant responses to drought stress
- 3: Responses of soil and rhizosphere environment to drought stress
- 4: Response network of plant-soil-rhizosphere environment to drought stress
- 5: Regulatory measures to alleviate adverse effects of drought stress on plants
- 6: Conclusions and future perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Four: Agricultural residues management: Life cycle assessment implications for sustainable agricultural practices and reduction of greenhouse gases emissions
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: A new agricultural production paradigm: Role of agri-residues
- 3: Life cycle assessment
- 4: Processing of agricultural and bio-waste residues and GHG emissions
- 5: Agricultural operations and mitigation of GHG emissions using agricultural residues
- 6: Cover crops and GHG emissions
- 7: Conclusions
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Five: An analysis of Earth temperature and related series in air and soil
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials and methods
- 3: Results and analytical aspects
- 4: Concluding remarks
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 278
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 180
- Published: May 31, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443192647
- eBook ISBN: 9780443192654
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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