Advances in Agronomy

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-443-29524-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 184, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors, with this new release including new chapters on The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Crop Improvement, Dealing with the Impact of Climate Change-Induced Drought on the Management of Soil, Challenges and Emerging Opportunities of Weed Management in Organic Agriculture, The Broadbalk Wheat Experiment, Rothamsted, UK: Crop Yields and Soil Changes During the Last 50 Years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sparks, Donald L.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Crop ImprovementKarlene L. Negus, Xianran Li, Stephen M. Welch and

2. Dealing with the Impact of Climate Change-Induced Drought on the Management of SoilD. L Corwin

3. Challenges and Emerging Opportunities of Weed Management in Organic AgricultureMadhav Dhakal, Gladis Zinati, Michael Fulcher, Dario Fornara, Enrico Martani, Jean Bertrand Contina, Philip Hinson, Reza Afshar and Rajan Ghimire

4. The Broadbalk Wheat Experiment, Rothamsted, UK: Crop Yields and Soil Changes During the Last 50 YearsPaul R. Poulton, A. Edward Johnston, Margaret J. Glendining, Rodger P. White, Andy S. Gregory, Suzanne J. Clark, Wendy S. Wilmer, Andy J. Macdonald and
David S. Powlson

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.