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Advances in Agronomy: Volume 134 by Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. Each volume contains an eclectic group of reviews by leading scientists throughout the world. As always, the subjects covered are rich and varied and exemplary of the abundant subject matter addressed by this long-running serial.

About Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

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.

Table of Contents

Management-Induced Changes to Soil Organic Carbon in China: A Meta-Analysis Xin Zhao, Ran Zhang, Jian-Fu Xue, Chao Pu, Xiang-Qian Zhang, Sheng-Li Liu, Fu Chen, Rattan Lal and Hai-Lin Zhang Advances and Perspectives to Improve the Phosphorus Availability in Cropping Systems for Agroecological Phosphorus Management Michel-Pierre Faucon, David Houben, Jean-Paul Reynoird, Anne-Maimiti Mercadal-Dulaurent, Romain Armand and Hans Lambers Using Functional Traits to Assess the Services Provided by Cover Plants: A Review of Potentialities in Banana Cropping Systems Gaelle Damour, Eric Garnier, Marie Laure Navas, Marc Dorel and Jean-Michel Risede Soil Biogeochemistry, Plant Physiology and Phytoremediation of Cadmium Contaminated Soils Shanying He, Zhenli He, Xiaoe Yang, Peter J. Stoffella and Virupax C. Baligar Bacterial Diseases of Crops: Elucidation of the Factors that Lead to Differences Between Field and Experimental Infections Jay Ram Lamichhane

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NPB9780128033234
9780128033234
B01G0M7E5K
Advances in Agronomy: Volume 134 by Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)
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Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
2015-09-23
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