Advances in Agronomy
- 1st Edition, Volume 183 - January 12, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Donald L. Sparks
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 2 2 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 2 3 - 2
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 183, 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 183, 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, with this new release offering the latest on Soil Security – Strategizing a Sustainable Future for Soil, Reflection on a Career as a Soil Scientist in the Middle East, Biodegradable Plastics as Alternatives for Polyethylene Mulch Films, Biosensing Technology Interventions for the Detection of Nitrate and Nitrite Contamination in Environment and Foods, and Microbial Fertilization as a Preferable Choice than Synthetic Chemical Fertilization in Modern Farming.
- 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 Soil security—Strategizing a sustainable future for soil
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Soil security
- 3 Development of soil security via publications from 2013
- 4 Quantifying soil security
- 5 Soil security contributing to policy
- 6 Outlook and future directions
- 7 Conclusions
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter Two Reflections on a career as a soil scientist in the Middle East
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The formative years
- 3 Lebanon and The American University of Beirut
- 4 The Dryland Applied Agricultural Research Project in Morocco
- 5 The International Centre for Agricultural Research in the dry areas in Syria
- 6 The final phase: Remaining professionally active from Ireland
- 7 The Tri-Societies
- 8 International Union of Soil Scientists
- 9 Other soil organizations
- 10 Awards and nominations
- 11 Concluding thoughts
- References
- Chapter Three Biodegradable plastics as alternatives for polyethylene mulch films
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 History of biodegradable plastic mulch films
- 3 What are biodegradable plastic mulch films?
- 4 In-field degradation of biodegradable plastic mulch films
- 5 Agronomic performance of biodegradable plastic mulch films
- 6 Environmental impacts of biodegradable plastic mulch films
- 7 Economics of biodegradable plastic mulch films
- 8 Challenges and recommendations
- References
- Chapter Four Biosensing technology interventions for the detection of nitrate and nitrite contamination in environment and foods
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sources of nitrates
- 3 Nitrogen in soils-plant-atmosphere system
- 4 Legislation on nitrate
- 5 Nitrate (NO3−) toxicity in livestock
- 6 Detection methods and technologies for nitrate (NO3−) and nitrite (NO2−)
- 7 Strategies to combat the challenge of nitrate management
- 8 Future challenges and implications
- 9 Conclusions
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Five Microbial fertilization as a preferable choice than synthetic chemical fertilization in modern farming
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 What are microbial fertilizers and what is their role in bio farming?
- 3 How do microbial fertilizers function and how is the efficiency of microbial fertilizers quantified?
- References
- Further reading
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 183
- Published: January 12, 2024
- No. of pages (Hardback): 296
- No. of pages (eBook): 296
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443295225
- eBook ISBN: 9780443295232
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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