Advances in Agronomy: Volume 74

ISBN-13: 9780120007929 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 254 str.

PH. Donald L. Sparks

Opis

Volume 74 contains six excellent cutting-edge reviews detailing advances in the plant and environmental soil sciences. Chapter 1 is an extensive review on soil quality. Chapter 2 covers recent advances in understanding the formation of metal hydroxide precipitates on soil surfaces and their implications on metal sequestration and soil remediation. Chapter 3 is a timely review on effects of organic acid exudation from roots on phosphorus uptake and aluminum tolerance of plants in acid soils. Chapter 4 discusses bamboo production and management, including manipulation of growth and development and environmental aspects of bamboo production. Chapter 5 addresses a significant worldwide issue - management of soils for food security and environmental quality. Chapter 6 is a comprehensive review on the management of wheat, barley, and oat root systems.

Spis treści

1. Soil Quality: Current Concepts and Applications -D.L. Karlen, S.S. Andrews, and J.W. Doran

2. Frontiers in Metal Sorption/Precipitation Mechanisms on Soil Mineral Surfaces -Robert G. Ford, Andreas C. Scheinost, and Donald L. Sparks

3. Organic Acids Exuded from Roots in Phosphorus Uptake and Aluminum Tolerance of Plants in Acid Soils -Peter J. Hocking

4. Aspects of Bamboo Agronomy -Volker Kleinhenz and David J. Midmore

5. Managing World Soils for Food Security and Environmental Quality -R. Lal

6. The Management of Wheat, Barley, and Oat Root Systems -S.P. Hoad, G. Russell, M.E. Lucas, and I.J. Bingham

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.