Advances in Agronomy

Highly cited serial review that includes cutting-edge information on the crop and soil sciences and the latest agronomy research

Donald L. Sparks (Series edited by)

9780128245736

Hardback, published 16 January 2021

320 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.72 kg

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 165, 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 release including chapters on Urban Anthropogenic Soils – A Review, Epichloe spp. And Serendipita indica Endophytic Fungi: Functions in Plant-Soil Relations, Heating Up a Cold Case: Applications of Analytical Pyrolysis GC/MS to Assess Molecular Biomarkers in Peat, The problem with “Apparent Electrical Conductivity? in Soil Electromagnetic Induction Studies, and more.

1. Urban Anthropogenic Soils – A Review Jeffrey L. Howard 2. Epichloe spp. And Serendipita indica Endophytic Fungi: Functions in Plant-Soil Relations M. R. Mosaddeghi, F. Hosseini, M. A. Hajabbasi, M. R. Sabzalian and M. Sepehri 3. Heating Up a Cold Case: Applications of Analytical Pyrolysis GC/MS to Assess Molecular Biomarkers in Peat Kristy Klein, Miriam Gross-Schmölders, Christine Alewell and Jens Leifeld 4. The problem with “Apparent Electrical Conductivity? in Soil Electromagnetic Induction Studies Juan Herrero, Irish Lorraine B. Pabuayon 5. Potential Use of Cover Crops for Soil and Water Conservation, Nutrient Management, and Climate Change Adaptation Across the Tropics Jorge A. Delgado, Victor H. Barrera Mosquera, Jeffrey R. Alwang, Alexis Villacis-Aveiga, Yamil E. Cartagena Ayala, Donna Neer, Carlos Monar and Luis O. Escudero Lopez 6. Ameliorating Dense Clay Subsoils to Increase the Yield of Rain-fed Crops Peter Sale, Ehsan Tavakkoll, Roger Armstrong, Nigel Wilhelm, Caixian Tang, Jack Desbiollels, Bill Malcolm, Garry O’Leary, Geoffrey Dean, David Davenport, Sam Henty and Murray Hart

Subject Areas: Agriculture & farming [TV], Applied ecology [RNC], The environment [RN], Botany & plant sciences [PST], Life sciences: general issues [PSA]