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)

9780323988414, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 19 January 2022

362 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.72 kg

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 171, the latest release in this leading reference, contains a variety of updates and new advances in the field, including updates on Elevated CO2 in Semi-arid Cropping Systems: A Synthesis of Research from the Australian Grains Free Air CO2 Enrichment (AGFACE) Research Program, Simultaneous Effects of Legume Cultivation on Carbon and Nitrogen Accumulation in Soil, Growing Small Grains Organically in the Semiarid West: A Review of Markets and Management Practices to Optimize Productivity and Sustainability, Principles and Applications of Topography in Precision Agriculture, Retention of Heavy Metals by Dredged Sediments and their Management Following Land Application, and more.

1. Elevated CO2 in semi-arid cropping systems: A synthesis of research from the Australian Grains Free Air CO2 Enrichmen (AGFACE) research program
Glenn J. Fitzgerald, Michael Tausz, Roger Armstrong, Joe Panozzo, Piotr Trebicki, Mahabubur Mollah, Sabine Tausz-Posch, Cassandra Walker, James G. Nuttall, Maryse Bourgault, Markus L€ow, Debra Partington, Clayton R. Butterly, Shu Kee Lam, Robert M. Norton, and Garry J. O'Leary
2. Simultaneous effects of legume cultivation on carbon and nitrogen accumulation in soil
Ahmad Latif Virk, Bai-Jian Lin, Zheng-Rong Kan, Jian-Ying Qi, Yash Pal Dang, Rattan Lal, Xin Zhao, and Hai-Lin Zhang
3. Growing small grains organically in the semiarid West: A review of markets and management practices to optimize productivity and sustainability
Nicole Tautges, Kristy Borrelli, Jessica Goldberger, Stephen Machado, E.P. Fuerst, Diana Roberts, and Ian Burke
4. Principles and applications of topography in precision agriculture
Ahmed Harb Rabia, Jasmine Neupane, Zhe Lin, Katie Lewis, Guofeng Cao, and Wenxuan Guo
5. Retention of heavy metals by dredged sediments and their management following land application
Richard J. Haynes and Ya-Feng Zhou
6. Genetic diversity for developing climate-resilient wheats
to achieve food security goals
Shabir H. Wani, Hanif Khan, Adnan Riaz, Dinesh Chandra Joshi, Waseem Hussain, Maneet Rana, Anuj Kumar, Naveenkumar Athiyannan, Dharmendra Singh, Niaz Ali, Manjit S. Kang, Mahjabeen Tariq, Rumana Keyani, Fatima Khalid, Muhammad Jamil, Abdul Aziz Napar, Sanjaya Rajaram, and A. Mujeeb-Kazi
7. A century of subclover: Lessons for sustainable intensification from a historical review of innovations in subterranean clover seed production
W.M. Moss, P.G.H. Nichols, K.J. Foster, M.H. Ryan, W. Erskine, and A.L. Guzzomi

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