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Advances in agronomy. Volume 118 /

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myriad of subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial *Maintains the highest impact factor amo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sparks, Donald L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Academic Press Inc., 2013.
Colección:Advances in Agronomy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Advances in Agronomy; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One
  • Digital Mapping of Soil Carbon; ?1.INTRODUCTION; ?2.REVIEW OF PAST STUDIES; ?3.SOIL CARBON MEASUREMENT AND DEPTH; ?4.SOURCE OF DATA: SOIL SAMPLING AND LEGACY DATA; ?5.PREDICTION AND MAPPING; ?6.UNCERTAINTY AND VALIDATION; ?7.MAPPING AND PREDICTING SOIL CARBON CHANGE; ?8.CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Two
  • Impacts of Changing Climate and Climate Variability on Seed Production and Seed Industry; ?1.INTRODUCTION
  • ?2.CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT ON CROP YIELD, FOOD SECURITY, AND NATIONAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT?3.CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT ON GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF CROPS AND SPECIES COMPOSITION; ?4.CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT ON INSECT PEST AND DISEASE DEVELOPMENT; ?5.CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT ON C3/C4 CROPS AND CROP/WEED INTERACTIONS; ?6.CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT ON SEED PRODUCTION; ?7.EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON POLLINATION; ?8.INTERACTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE FACTORS AND OTHER RESOURCES; ?9.ABSENCE OF CLIMATE SAFETY NET; ?10.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ISSUES RELATED TO SEED; ?11.CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
  • Chapter Three
  • Elucidating Mechanisms of Competitive Sorption at the Mineral/Water Interface?1. INTRODUCTION; ?2. SORPTION OF CATIONS AND ANIONS ONTO SOIL COMPONENTS; ?3. EFFECT OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC LIGANDS ON CATIONS SORPTION; ?4.COMPETITIVE SORPTION OF CATIONS; ?5.COMPETITIVE SORPTION OF ANIONS; ?6.CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Four
  • Insights from the Soybean (Glycine max and Glycine soja) Genome: Past, Present, and Future; ?1.INTRODUCTION; ?2.THE PREGENOMIC ERA; ?3.THE GENOMIC ERA; ?4.THE POSTGENOMIC ERA; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
  • Chapter six
  • Flaming as an Alternative Weed Control Method for Conventional and Organic Agronomic Crop Production Systems: A Review?1.INTRODUCTION; ?2.RESPONSE OF SELECTED WEED SPECIES TO FLAMING; ?3.RESPONSE OF SELECTED AGRONOMIC CROPS TO FLAMING; ?4.ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF FLAMING; ?5.ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF FLAMING; ?6.PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Seven
  • Ridge-Furrow Mulching Systems-An Innovative Technique for Boosting Crop Productivity in Semiarid Rain-Fed Environments; ?ABBREVIATIONS; ?1.INTRODUCTION