Advances in Agronomy: Volume 149

ISBN-13: 9780128151778 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 330 str.

Donald L. Sparks

Spis treści

1. Advances in Molecular Approaches for Understanding Soil Organic Matter Composition, Origin and Turnover - A Historical Overview
Ingrid Kogel-Knabner and Cornelia Rumpel
2. On the Use of Silicon as an Agronomic Mitigation Strategy to Decrease Arsenic Uptake by Rice
Angelia L. Seyfferth, Matt A. Limmer and Gretchen E. Dykes
3. Cracks and Pot-holes in Vertisols: Characteristics, Occurrence and Management
J. Somasundaram, Rattan Lal, N. K. Sinha, Ram Dalal, A. Chitralekha, R. S. Chaudhary and A. K. Patra
4. The Importance of Sustained Grassland and Environmental Research: A Case Study from North Wyke Research Station, UK, 1982-2017
M. S. A. Blackwell, S. C. Jarvis, R. J. Wilkins, D. A. Beaumont, L. M. Cardenas, D. R. Chadwick, A. L. Collins, J. A. J. Dungait, M. J. Gibb, A. Hopkins, M. R. F. Lee, T. H. Misselbrook, P. J. Murray, J. R. B. Tallowin
5. Legacy Nutrient Dynamics at the Watershed Scale: Principles, Modeling and Implications
Dingjiang Chen, Hong Shen, Mingpeng Hu, Jiahui Wang, Yufu Zhang, Randy A. Dahlgren

O autorze

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.