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 (Edited by)

9780128245880, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 30 April 2021

318 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.63 kg

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 167, 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.

1. PXRF in Tropical Soils: Methodology, Applications, Achievements and Challenges Sergio Henrique Godinho Silva, Bruno Teixeira Ribeiro, Marcelo Braga Bueno Guerra, Hudson Wallace Pereira de Carvalho, Guilherme Lopes, Geila Santos Carvalho, Luiz Roberto Guimaraes Guilherme, Mauro Resende, Marcelo Mancini, Niton Curi, Rogerio Boguete Alves Rafael, Valeria Cardelli, Stefania Cocco, Giuseppe Corti, Somsubhra Chakraborty, Bin Li and David C. Weindorf 2. Quantitative Estimation of Carbon Dynamics in Terrestrial Ecosystems Using Natural Variations in the Abundance of Soils and Biota Phillip M. Chalk, Fabiano C. Balieiro and Deli Chen 3. The Effect of Elemental Sulfur Fertilization on Plant Yields and Soil Properties Grzegorz Kulczycki 4. Environmentally Friendly Agronomically Superior Alternatives to Chemically Processed Phosphate Fertilizers: Phosphate Rock/Sulfur/Acidithiobacillus spp. combinations S. S. S. Rajan and Martin P. Upsdell 5. Automation in Drip Irrigation for Enhancing Water Use Efficiency in Cereal Systems of South Asia: Status and Prospects Ravneet Kaur Sidhu, Ravinder Kumar, Parshant Singh Rana and M. L. Jat

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