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Advances in agronomy. Volume 48 /
Continuing the international tradition of Advances in Agronomy, Volume 48 highlights crop and soil science including hybrid improvement in tropical maize, pearl millet as food, feed and forage, cotton host plant resistance to insects, and electrochemical techniques applied to soils. This volume shou...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
�1992.
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| Colección: | Advances in Agronomy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in Agronomy, Volume 48; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Recurrent Selection for Population, Variety, and Hybrid Improvement in Tropical Maize; I. Introduction; II. Tropical Maize Germplasm; III. Tropical Maize Improvement in National Programs; IV. Recurrent Selection in Maize; V. Population Formation and Factors Affecting Choice of Selection Methods and Progress from Selection; VI. Recurrent Selection Methods Used in the Tropics; VII. Some Considerations in Organizing an Efficient Maize Improvement Program.
- VIII. Contribution of Recurrent Selection to Maize ProductionIX. Contribution of Tropical Maize Germplasm to Temperate Maize Improvement; X. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Pearl Millet for Food, Feed, and Forage; I. Introduction; II. The Plant; III. Food Products; IV. Pearl Millet Grain as Feed; V. Pearl Millet Forage; VI. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Forms, Reactions, and Availability of Nickel in Soils; I. Introduction; II. Forms; III. Reactions; IV. Availability; V. Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Electrochemical Techniques for Characterizing Soil Chemical Properties.
- I. IntroductionII. Fundamentals of Electrochemical Techniques; III. Potentiometry: Determination of Single Ion Activities; IV. Problems with Liquid-Junction Potential; V. Potentiometry: Determination of Activities of Two Ion Species or Molecules; VI. Voltammetry; VII. Conductometry; VIII. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 5. History and Status of Host Plant Resistance in Cotton to Insects in the United States; I. Introduction; II. Evolution of Cotton Types; III. The Boll Weevil Invades Texas; IV. Pink Bollworm; V. Cotton Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm; VI. Other Insect Pests of Cotton.
- VII. Concluding RemarksReferences; Index.