Advances in Agronomy: Volume 158

ISBN-13: 9780128174128 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 338 str.

Donald L. Sparks

Spis treści

1. Review of Soil Salinity Assessment for Agriculture across Multiple Scales using Proximal and/or Remote Sensors D. L. Corwin and E. Scudiero 2. Effects of Biochar Amendments on Soil Phosphorus Transformation in Agriculture Soils Fayong Li, Xinqiang Liang, Christopher Niyungeko, Tao Sun, Fend Liu, Yuji Arai 3. Applications of Grazing Land Models in Ecosystem Management: Current Status and Next Frontiers Liwang Ma, Justin D. Derner, R. Daren Harmel, John Tatarko, Andrew D. Moore, C. Alan Rotz, David J. Augustine, Randall B. Boone, Michael B. Coughenour, Pierre C. Beukes, Mark T. van Wijk, Gianni Bellocchi, Brendan R. Cullen and Hailey Wilmer 4. Soil Organic Carbon in Sandy Soils - A Review Jennifer L. Yost and Alfred E. Hartemink 5. The National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Science R. James Cook, Ronald L. Philllips, Harris A. Lewin

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.