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Advances in agronomy. Volume 50 /
Volume 50 highlights current areas of interest to both researchers and students of agronomy internationally. Areas covered include a thorough treatment of redox chemistry in soils, advances in agronomic improvement in oilseed brassicas, population groupings of soybean bradyrhizobia, crop responses t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
�1993.
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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 50; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Agronomic Improvement In Oilseed Brassicas; I. Introduction; II. Improving Yield; III. Improving Resistance to Pests; IV. Future Prospects; V. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Population Diversity Groupings of Soybean Bradyrhizobia; I. Introduction; II. Genotypic Groupings; Ill. Phenotypic Groupings; IV. Summary of Phenotypic and Genotypic Relationships; V. Taxonomic Status of Bradyrhizobium japonicum; VI. Concluding Remarks; References.
- Chapter 3. Crop Responses To ChlorideI. Introduction; II. Chloride in Plants; Ill. Yield and Quality Responses to Chloride; IV. Chloride Sources, Losses, and Application; V. Predicting Crop Response to Chloride; VI. Summary and Future Research Needs; References; Chapter 4. Redox Chemistry of Soils; I. Introduction; II. Nature of the Electron; III. Derivation of Thermodynamic Relationships for Electron Activity in Soils; IV. Kinetic Derivation of Thermodynamic Parameters for Redox; V. Uses of pe-pH Thermodynamic Information; VI. Uses of pe-pH Diagrams.
- VII. Measurement of Oxidation-Reduction Status of SoilsVIII. Free Radicals in Redox Processes; IX. Manganese and lron; X. Soil Chromium Cycle; XI. Photochemical Redox Transformations in Soil and Water; XII. Humic Substances; XIII. Wetland and Paddy Properties and Processes; XIV. Empirical Methods for Characterizing Soil Redox; References; Chapter 5. Plant Nutrient Sulfur In The Tropics And Subtropics; I. Introduction; II. Extent of Sulfur Deficiency; Ill. Forms of Sulfur in Soil; IV. Sulfur Cycling in the Tropics; V. Effects of Acid Rain; VI. Sulfur in Irrigation Waters.
- VII. Sulfate Retention in SoilVIII. Diagnosis of Sulfur Needs; IX. Critical Soil Solution Concentration; X. Crop Responses; XI. Sulfur Fertilization and Crop Quality; XII. Sulfur Interactions with Other Elements; XIII. Summary and Conclusions; References; Index.