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Advances in agronomy. Volume 76 /
Advances in Agronomy has the highest impact factor among serial publications in Agriculture. The Science Citation Index, 1986, reports an impact factor over 2,459 and a cited half-life over 10 years. Volume 76 contains five excellent reviews on topics of great interest to crop and soil scientists as...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego ; London :
Academic Press,
�2002.
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| Colección: | Advances in Agronomy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in Agronomy; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Potential of Soils of the Tropics to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect; I. Introduction; II. Soil-Related Constraints to Biomass Production; III. Soil Degradation and Emission of Greenhouse Gases to the Atmosphere; IV. Soil Carbon Pool and Dynamics; V. Historic Loss of SOC Pool from Soils of the Tropics; VI. Need for Soil Restoration; VII. Strategies of Mitigating the Greenhouse Effect through Soil Carbon Sequestration; VIII. Potential of SOC Sequestration in the Tropics.
- IX. Dynamics of Soil Inorganic CarbonX. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Applications of Crop/Soil Simulation Models in Tropical Agricultural Systems; I. Introduction; II. Applications of Models; III. The Way Forward; References; Chapter 3. Interorganismal Signaling in Suboptimum Environments: The Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis; I. Introduction; II. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Soil Fertility; III. Principles of Legume Nodulation; IV. Legume Nodulation under Stressful Conditions; V. Legume Nodulation with Preactivated Rhizobium; VI. Commercial Products; References.
- Chapter 4. Surface Chemistry and Function of Microbial BiofilmsI. Introduction: Definition and Importance of Microbial Biofilms; II. The Microbial Biofilm as an Interfacial Boundary Regulating Solution Equilibrium; III. Features and Properties of the Biofilm Surface; IV Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Crop Scheduling and Prediction-Principles and Opportunities with Field Vegetables; I. Introduction; II. Identification of Distinct Stages and Phases of Growth and Development; III. Prediction of Duration of Developmental Phases for Given Temperature Regimes.
- IV. Additional Effects of Other Abiotic Factors on the Duration of Developmental PhasesV. Experimental Approaches to the Construction of Scheduling and Prediction Models; VI. The Accuracy of Measurement of Abiotic Factors; VII. Methods of Planning Production; VIII. Future Opportunities; IX. Concluding Comments; References; Index.