Advances in Agronomy

Director of collection: Sparks Donald L.

Language: English
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512 p. · 15x22.8 cm · Hardback
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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
  1. Digital Mapping of Soil Carbon

    2. Budiman Minasny, Alex. B. McBratney, Brendan P. Malone and Ichsani Wheeler

  2. Impacts of Changing Climate and Climate Variability on Seed Production and Seed Industry

    3. Rishi P. Singh, P.V. Vara Prasad and K. Raja Reddy

  3. Elucidating Mechanisms of Competitive Sorption at the Mineral/Water Interface

    4. Antonio Violante

  4. Insights from the Soybean (Glycine max and G. soja) Genome: Past, Present and Future

    5. Robert M. Stupar and James E. Specht

  5. Responses of Crop Plants to Ammonium and Nitrate N

    6. Sheng-Xiu Li, Zhao-Hui Wang and B. A. Stewart

  6. Flaming as an Alternative Weed Control Method For Conventional and Organic Agronomic Crop Production Systems: A Review

    7. Avishek Datta and Stevan Z. Knezevic

  7. Ridge-Furrow Mulching Systems – An Innovative Technique For Boosting Crop Productivity in Semiarid Rainfed Environments Yantai Gan, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, Neil C. Turner, Xiao-Gang Li, Jun-Yi Niu, Chao Yang and Liping Liu
Professionals, researchers, students, and government involved in agronomy, crop & soil sciences, plant science, and environmental sciences
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.
  • Maintains the highest impact factor among serial publications in agriculture
  • Presents timely reviews on important agronomy issues
  • Enjoys a long-standing reputation for excellence in the field