Advances in Agronomy

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-12-374107-3
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

Approx.312 pages

Zielgruppe

Professionals, researchers, students, and government involved in agronomy, crop & soil sciences, plant science, and environmental sciences

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sparks, Donald L.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Soil Redox Potential: Importance, Field Measurements, and Observations
2. Increasing Rice Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities 
3. Phosphate Reaction Dynamics in Soils and Soil Components: A Multi-Scale Approach
4. Ecological Agriculture in China: Principles and Application
5. Cotton Leaf Photosynthesis and Carbon Metabolism
6. The Impacts of Grazing Animals on the Quality of Soils, Vegetation, and Surface Waters in Intensively Managed Grasslands

Über Autor(innen)

Sparks, Donald L.
DONALD L. SPARKS is the Unidel S. Hallock du Pont Chair and Francis Alison Professor at the University of Delaware. He is internationally recognized for his research in the areas of kinetics of biogeochemical processes and surface chemistry of natural materials. His research has focused on fate and transport of trace metals in soil and water, soil remediation, water quality, and carbon sequestration in soils. Dr. Sparks is the author of two previous editions of Environmental Soil Chemistry and more than 350 refereed papers and book chapters. He is fellow of five scientific societies, and he has been the recipient of major awards and lectureships including the Geochemistry Medal from the American Chemical Society, the Liebig Medal from the International Union of Soil Sciences, the Einstein Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Philippe Duchaufour Medal from the European Geosciences Union. Dr. Sparks served as president of the Soil Science Society of America and the International Union of Soil Sciences, has served on advisory committees for several national laboratories and national and international centers and institutes, and served as chair of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee for Soil Sciences and other NAS Committees.