Advances in Agronomy
- 1st Edition, Volume 185 - April 12, 2024
- Editor: Donald L. Sparks
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 2 6 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 5 2 7 - 0
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 185, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, each writte… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAdvances in Agronomy, Volume 185, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, each 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 Integrated agricultural systems: The 21st century nature-based solution for resolving the global FEEES challenges
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Classes or types of IAS and their spatial distributions
- 3 The nexus between IAS and soil
- 4 Aboveground components (flora and fauna)
- 5 Atmosphere
- 6 Socioeconomics and sustainability
- 7 Conclusion: Implications, prospects, and way forward
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Two The importance of understanding soil-water relationships in marginal rainfed cropping areas
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Rainfall and potential evapotranspiration patterns and characteristics and soil water management challenges posed by them
- 3 Soil-water relationships in rainfed cropping in marginal rainfall hot regions
- 4 Soil water management in marginal rainfall rainfed annual cropping in hot, dry areas
- 5 Negative impacts of subsurface soil compaction on soil water utilization and management systems to mitigate them
- 6 Logic behind very low adoption of no-till based conservation agriculture in the marginal rainfall rainfed annual cropping areas of the western parts of the maize quadrangle
- 7 Crop modeling for projection of yields in marginal rainfall rainfed annual cropping areas
- 8 Efficient water conservation technologies of small-scale farmers in the western Sahel
- 9 Conclusions
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter Three Flowers strips and herbal living mulch as an innovative approach to the design of farming systems for sustainable crop production
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Principles of cropping system design in the agro-environment
- 3 Role of cropping system design in enhancing soil properties
- 4 Role of cropping system design in boosting crop quality and quantity
- 5 Constraints and targets of innovative cropping systems
- 6 Environmental challenges for cropping system design
- 7 Innovative approaches to cropping system design in crop production
- 8 Conclusions and future prospects
- References
- Chapter Four A critical review of soil phosphorus dynamics and biogeochemical processes for unlocking soil phosphorus reserves
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sources of phosphorus input
- 3 Phosphorus loading in soils
- 4 Transformation of phosphorus in soils
- 5 Processes of unlocking soil phosphorus reserves
- 6 Amendments for unlocking soil phosphorus reserves
- 7 Conclusions and recommendations for future research
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Five What do electromagnetic sensors measure in soil surveys?
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 EMS measurements
- 3 Example calculations
- 4 Discussion and conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A. Equation
- Appendix B. Numerical implementation
- References
- Further reading
- Index
- No. of pages: 296
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 185
- Published: April 12, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443295263
- eBook ISBN: 9780443295270
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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