Advances in Agronomy

Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-12-000756-1
Verlag: ACADEMIC PR INC

Buch, Englisch, Band 56, 289 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Advances in Agronomy

Volume 56 contains six reviews covering key contemporary topics on crop and soil sciences. Three chapters focus on soils: heath and sustainability, phytoremediation of contaminated soils, and sorption by soils. The other three chapters focus upon the control of weeds, the improvement of drought tolerance in plants, and corn and aflatoxins. With this latest volume, Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a prolific and first-rate reference by the scientific community. In 1993 Advances in Agronomy increased its publication frequency to three volumes per year, and will continue this trend as the breadth of agronomic inquiry and knowledge continues to grow.

Zielgruppe

Researcher and students in agronomy, plant and soil sciences, and environmental sciences in university, industry, and government laboratories.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sparks, Donald L. Ph.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sparks, Donald L.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliotheks- und Auskunftssdienste

Inhaltsverzeichnis

J.W. Doran, M. Sarrantonio, and M.A. Liebig, Soil Health and Sustainability.S.D. Cunningham, T.A. Anderson, A.P. Schwab, and F.C. Hsu, Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated with Organic Pollutants.D.O. TeBeest, Biological Control of Weeds with Plant Pathogens and Microbial Pesticides.F. Iyamuremye and R.P. Dick, Organic Amendments and Phosphorus Sorption by Soils.J.S. Boyer, Advances in Drought Tolerance in Plants.N.W. Widstrom, The Aflatoxin Problem with Corn Grain.Chapter References.Subject Index.

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.