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Advances in agronomy. Volume 60 /
Written by international authorities in agronomy, Volume 60 contains five comprehensive reviews covering key contemporary topics on plant and soil sciences. As always, the topics are varied and exemplary of the array of subject matter covered by this long-running serial. This volume contains a state...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
�1997.
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| Series: | Advances in Agronomy.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Advances in Agronomy, Volume 60; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Nutrient Cycling, Transformations, and Flows: Implications for a More Sustainable Agriculture; I. Introduction; II. Framework for Evaluating Nutrient Dynamics; III. Soil-Plant System; IV. Cycling and Flows at the Field Level; V. Farm-Scale Cycling and Flows; VI. Watershed, Regional, and Global Issues; VII. Promoting a More Sustainable Agriculture through Changes Influencing Nutrient Cycles and Flows; VIII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Adaptation of Plants to Salinity.
- I. IntroductionII. Rationale for Breeding for Salt Tolerance; III. Selection for Salt Tolerance; IV. Salt Tolerance Mechanisms; V. Genetic Variability; VI. Breeding Methods; VII. Novel Concepts; VIII. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Influence of No-Till Cropping Systems on Microbial Relationships; I. Introduction; II. Decomposition of Surface-Managed Crop Residues; III. Modeling Crop Residue Decomposition; IV. Root-Microbial Relationships; V. Deleterious Rhizobacteria for Weed Control; VI. Low-Input, On-Farm Composting; References.
- Chapter 4. Practical Ethics in Agronomic ResearchI. Introduction; II. Basic Concepts; III. Ethics of Choosing Research Subject Matter; IV. Difficulties with the Utilitarian Approach; V. Agricultural Ethics and the World Food Situation; VI. Ethics in the Conduct of Research; VII. Ethics in Research Administration; References; Chapter 5. Are Agroecosystems Sustainable in Semiarid Regions?; I. Introduction; II. Agroecosystems; III. Semiarid Regions; IV. The Issue of Sustainability; V. Technologies for Increasing Plant-Available Water; VI. Soil Organic Matter Maintenance; VII. Summary; References.