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Advances in agronomy. Volume 120 /
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 amon...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Academic Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Advances in agronomy ;
v. 120 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in Agronomy; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One
- Food, Nutrition and Agrobiodiversity Under Global Climate Change;?1. INTRODUCTION;?2. MOISTURE STRESS AND RISING CO2 AND TEMPERATURE IMPACTS ON FOOD QUALITY;?3. GLOBAL WARMING AND ALTERED PATHOGENS AND PESTS IMPACTS ON CROP PRODUCTION AND QUALITY;?4. MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION OF AFLATOXIN;?5. AGROBIODIVERSITY TO ENHANCE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF FOOD CROPS;?6. CLIMATE CHANGE ANALOG LOCATIONS REPRESENTING FUTURE CLIMATE;?7. PLANT PHENOMICS TO SCREEN TRAITS FOR ADAPTING TO STRESSES
- ?8. PLANT TRAITS TO ACCELERATE ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE?9. OUTLOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter Two
- Chromium Contamination and Its Risk Management in Complex Environmental Settings;?1. INTRODUCTION;?2. SOURCES OF CHROMIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT;?3. DISTRIBUTION AND SPECIATION OF CHROMIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT;?4. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF CHROMIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT;?5. BIOAVAILABILITY AND TOXICITY OF CHROMIUM TO BIOTA;?6. PARADIGM OF CHROMIUM RISK MANAGEMENT IN CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENTS;?7. SUMMARY AND FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
- Chapter Three
- Ecological Restoration: Approaches and Impacts on Vegetation, Soils and Society?1. INTRODUCTION;?2. WHAT IS ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION?;?3. CHALLENGES OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION;?4. APPROACHES TO ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION;?5. IMPACTS OF ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION;?6. SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter Four
- The Role of Bioretention Systems in the Treatment of Stormwater;?1. INTRODUCTION;?2. BIORETENTION SYSTEMS;?3. SOIL AND PLANT PROCESSES INVOLVED IN TREATMENT;?4. FACTORS AFFECTING TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;?5. CONCLUSIONS;?6. FUTURE RESEARCH; REFERENCES
- Chapter Five
- A Review of the Use of Organic Amendments and the Risk to Human Health?ABBREVIATIONS;?1. INTRODUCTION;?2. TYPES OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS APPLIED TO SOILS;?3. THE NUTRIENT VALUE OF ORGANIC AMENDMENTS;?4. POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIC AMENDMENTS;?5. AGRICULTURAL BENEFITS FROM ORGANIC AMENDMENTS;?6. THE EXPOSURE OF HUMANS TO THREATS FROM CONTAMINANTS IN ORGANIC AMENDMENTS THROUGH AIR, WATER AND FOOD;?7. IMPACTS ON THE QUALITY OF WATER RESOURCES;?8. FARMING PRACTICES TO MINIMIZE RISKS TO HUMAN HEALTH FROM ORGANIC AMENDMENTS;?9. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS