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Advances in Agronomy: Volume 178 by Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 178 contains a variety of updates and advances in agronomy, including chapters in this new release that cover Agroecological crop protection for sustainable agriculture, The challenge in estimating soil compressive strength for use in risk assessment of soil compaction in field traffic, Drought, salt, and combined stresses in plants: Effects, tolerance mechanisms, and strategies, Soil inorganic carbon, the other and equally important soil carbon pool: Distribution, controlling factors, and the impact of climate change, and Improving nitrogen use efficiency and reducing nitrogen surplus through best fertilizer nitrogen management in cereal production: The case of India and China.

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

1. Agroecological crop protection for sustainable agriculture Jean-Philippe Deguine, Jean-Noel Aubertot, Stephane Bellon, Francois Cote, Pierre-Eric Lauri, Francoise Lescourret, Alain Ratnadass, Eric Scopel, Nadine Andrieu, Paolo Barberi, Nathalie Becker, Jeremy Bouyer, Thierry Brevault, Claire Cerdan, Anne-Marie Cortesero, Olivier Dangles, Helene Delatte, Phuong Thi Yen Dinh, Hans Dreyer, Michel Duru, Rica Joy Flor, Antoine Gardarin, Olivier Husson, Maxime Jacquot, Aurelie Javelle, Eric Justes, Mai Thi Xuan Lam, Marie Launay, Vang Van Le, Sandrine Longis, Jose Martin, Nicolas Munier-Jolain, Nga Thi Thu Nguyen, Truc Thi Ngoc Nguyen, Servane Penvern, Sandrine Petit, Anne-Sophie Poisot, Marie-Helene Robin, Bernard Rolland, Adrien Rusch, Eric Sabourin, Herve Sanguin, Jean-Pierre Sarthou, Mathilde Sester, Sylvaine Simon, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Christian Steinberg, Marc Tchamitchian, Alexis Thoumazeau, Anais Tibi, Florent Tivet, Philippe Tixier, Xuan Thi Trinh, Aude Vialatte, Kris Wyckhuys, and Jay Ram Lamichhane 2. The challenge in estimating soil compressive strength for use in risk assessment of soil compaction in field traffic Per Schjonning, Mathieu Lamande, Jan De Pue, Wim M. Cornelis, Rodrigo Labouriau, and Thomas Keller 3. Drought, salt, and combined stresses in plants: Effects, tolerance mechanisms, and strategies Heli Cao, Risheng Ding, Shaozhong Kang, Taisheng Du, Ling Tong, Yanqun Zhang, Jinliang Chen, and Manoj K. Shukla 4. Soil inorganic carbon, the other and equally important soil carbon pool: Distribution, controlling factors, and the impact of climate change Amin Sharififar, Budiman Minasny, Dominique Arrouays, Line Boulonne, Tiphaine Chevallier, Piet van Deventer, Damien J. Field, Cecile Gomez, Ho-Jun Jang, Sang-Ho Jeon, Jaco Koch, Alex B. McBratney, Brendan P. Malone, Ben P. Marchant, Manuel P. Martin, Curtis Monger, Jose-Luis Munera-Echeverri, Jose Padarian, Marco Pfeiffer, Anne C. Richer-de-Forges, Nicolas P.A. Saby, Kanika Singh, Xiao-Dong Song, Kazem Zamanian, Gan-Lin Zhang, and George van Zijl 5. Improving nitrogen use efficiency and reducing nitrogen surplus through best fertilizer nitrogen management in cereal production: The case of India and China Tek B. Sapkota, Bijay-Singh, and Robel Takele

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NPB9780443192609
9780443192609
044319260X
Advances in Agronomy: Volume 178 by Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)
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Hardback
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
2023-02-16
316
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