Advances in Agronomy: Volume 88

ISBN-13: 9780120007868 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 385 str.

PH. Donald L. Sparks

Opis

Volume 88 of Advances in Agronomy contains eight timely reviews on topics dealing with biodiversity, carbon sequestration, crop improvement, nitrogen dynamics, and the discipline of soil science. Discussions include but are not limited to: Agriculture, soil biodiversity, climate change and agricultural diversity; ways to improve soil aeration, oxygation and plant processes, and oxygation scenarios; and pre-sowing seed treatment as a means for improving germination, plant growth and crop yield. Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myraid of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial.

• Over 40 figures and 32 tables
• Presents a review of the present and future status of soil science
• Offers an analysis of biodiversity in agronomy

Spis treści

1. The Role of Biodiversity in Agronomy 2. The Depth Distribution of Soil Organic Carbon in Relation to Land Use and Management and the Potential of Carbon Sequestration in Subsoil Horizons 3. Soil Scientists in a Changing World 4. Enhancing Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crop Plants 5. Forage Chicory (Cichorium Intybus L.): A Review of its Agronomy and Animal Production 6. Pre-sowing Seed Treatment - A Shotgun Approach to Improve Germination, Plant Growth and Crop Yield Under Saline and Non-Saline Conditions 7. Methodologies and the Practical Aspects of the Bulk Soil EC (óa) - Soil Solution EC (ow) Relations 8. Oxygation Unlocks Yield Potentials of Crops in Oxygen-Limited Soil Environments

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.