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Advances in Agronomy
- 1st Edition, Volume 181 - July 25, 2023
- Editor: Donald L. Sparks
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 6 6 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 9 2 6 7 - 8
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 181, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each chapte… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Agronomy, Volume 181, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each chapter 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
- Series Page
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: The role of earthworms in agronomy: Consensus, novel insights and remaining challenges
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Earthworms in agronomy, a long history
- 3: Earthworms and soil structure
- 4: Earthworms and microbial communities
- 5: Earthworms, soil organic matter and carbon cycling
- 6: Earthworms and nutrient cycling
- 7: Earthworms and plants
- 8: Earthworms and the soil GHG balance
- 9: Earthworms and soil remediation
- 10: Distribution of earthworms in agricultural soil, the chicken or egg dilemma
- 11: Ten questions and challenges for future earthworm research in agriculture
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two: Modeling of irrigation and related processes with HYDRUS
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Mathematical and physical background
- 3: Sprinkler irrigation
- 4: Furrow irrigation
- 5: Drip irrigation
- 6: Fertigation
- 7: Salinity and sodicity
- 8: Chemigation
- 9: Spatial variability
- 10: Model calibration
- 11: Special irrigation methods
- 12: Summary and outlook
- Appendix
- References
- Chapter Three: Conservation agriculture for regenerating soil health and climate change mitigation in smallholder systems of South Asia
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Conservation agriculture as regenerative and scalable solution
- 3: Soil health defined and parameters
- 4: Conservation agriculture and soil carbon health
- 5: Conservation agriculture and soil physical health
- 6: Conservation agriculture and soil chemical health
- 7: Conservation agriculture and soil biological health
- 8: Development of soil health index for conservation agriculture
- 9: Impact of conservation agriculture on climate change and adaptation
- 10: Epilog and future research opportunities
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Four: Remote and proximal sensing: How far has it come to help plant breeders?
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Proximal and UAS/drone-based remote sensing
- 3: Satellite-based remote sensing
- 4: High-throughput phenotyping (HTP)
- 5: Breeding efforts
- 6: Data analysis challenges
- 7: Future perspective
- 8: Conclusion
- Author contributions
- Conflicts of interest
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 336
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 181
- Published: July 25, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443192661
- eBook ISBN: 9780443192678
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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