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Advances in agronomy. Volume 74 /

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 implicat...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sparks, Donald L., 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, �2001.
Colección:Advances in Agronomy.
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  • Front Cover; Advances in Agronomy; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Soil Quality: Current Concepts and Applications; I. Introduction; II. Response to Reservations Regarding the Soil Quality Concept; III. Evolution of the Soil Quality Concept; IV. Soil Quality as an Educational Tool; V. Soil Quality as an Assessment Tool; VI. Indexing Soil Quality; VII. Current Soil Quality Applications; VIII. Other Soil Quality Research and Outreach Programs; IX. Summary and Conclusions; References.
  • Chapter 2. Frontiers in Metal Sorption/Precipitation Mechanisms on Soil Mineral SurfacesI. Introduction; II. From Adsorption to Precipitation: An Overview; III. Macroscopic Evidence for Surface Precipitation: Utility and Pitfalls; IV. Approaches to Modeling Surface Precipitation; V. The Role of the Mineral Surface; VI. Environmental Implications: Mechanisms for Metal Stabilization; VII. Conclusions and Future Research; References; Chapter 3. Organic Acids Exuded from Roots in Phosphorus Uptake and Aluminum Tolerance of Plants in Acid Soils; I. Introduction; II. Phosphorus.
  • III. Organic Acids and Phosphorus Solubilization in the RhizosphereIV. Organic Acids and Soil Organic Phosphorus; V. Aluminum Tolerance; VI. Genetic Engineering Approaches to Increase Organic Acid Exudation; VII. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 4. Aspects of Bamboo Agronomy; I. Introduction; II. Manipulating Growth and Development in Bamboo; III. Managing the Environment for Bamboo Production; IV. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Managing World Soils for Food Security and Environmental Quality; I. Introduction; II. Historical Development of Agriculture; III. The Green Revolution.
  • IV. Relation Between Extensive Agriculture, Soil Degradation, and the Greenhouse EffectV. Challenges of Soil and Water Management for the 21st Century; VI. Toward Sustainable Management of Soil Resources; VII. Respecting "The Dirt" for Feeding 10 Billion and Mitigating the Greenhouse Effect; VIII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. The Management of Wheat, Barley, and Oat Root Systems; I. Introduction; II. Root Characteristics; III. Soil Attributes; IV. Soil Structure and Root Growth; V. Water and Nutrient Availability; VI. Biological Factors; VII. Root: Shoot Allocation.
  • VIII. Farming Practices and RootingIX. Selection of Appropriate Farming Practices; X. Conclusions; References; Index.