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Advances in Agronomy: Volume 177 by Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 117, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Chapters in this new release include Farming Systems Research: Concepts, Design and Methodology, Soil Potassium Fertility and Management Strategies in South Asian Agriculture, Sensing for Characterizing and Monitoring Soil Functions - A Review, Isolation and Fractionation of Organic Matter from Soils and Waters, Tolerance Mechanism and Management Concepts of Iron Toxicity in Rice: A Critical Review, and Smart Sensing and Automated Irrigation for Sustainable Rice Systems: A State of the Art Review.

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

Farming systems research: Concepts, design and methodology U.K. Behera and James France Soil potassium fertility and management strategies in South Asian agriculture Ch. Srinivasarao, Sumanta Kundu, K.V. Rao, A.K. Shukla, A. Subba Rao, Patricia Imas, Nanthi S. Bolan, Rattan Lal, J.V.N.S. Prasad, P.C. Abhilash, G. Ranjith Kumar, R.S. Meena, G. Pratibha, G. Narayanaswami, S.K. Bansal, K.C. Nataraj, M. Jagadesh, K. Mrunalini, S. Jayaraman, M.L. Jat, S.N. Malleswari, Anthony Whitbread, and B. Venkateswarlu Sensing technologies for characterizing and monitoring soil functions: A review Nelida E.Q. Silvero, Jose A.M. Dematte, Budiman Minasny, Nicolas Augusto Rosin, Jessica Garcia Nascimento, Heidy S. Rodriguez Albarracin, Henrique Bellinaso, and Andres M.R. Gomez Isolation and fractionation of organic matter from soils and waters Guixue Song and Michael H.B. Hayes Tolerance mechanism and management concepts of iron toxicity in rice: A critical review Hayat Ullah, Sheikh Faruk Ahmed, Raquel Santiago-Arenas, Sushil K. Himanshu, Elsayed Mansour, Suriyan Cha-um, and Avishek Datta Smart sensing and automated irrigation for sustainable rice systems: A state of the art review Matthew Champness, Carlos Ballester-Lurbe, Rodrigo Filev-Maia, and John Hornbuckle

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NPB9780443192586
9780443192586
0443192588
Advances in Agronomy: Volume 177 by Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)
New
Hardback
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
2023-01-23
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