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)

9780323989534, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 4 February 2022

372 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.75 kg

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 172, the latest release in this leading reference on the topic, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each chapter written by an international board of authors.

1. Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration
M. Francesca Cotrufo and Jocelyn M. Lavallee
2. The soil health–human health nexus: Mineral thresholds, interlinkages and rice systems in Jharkhand, India
Fatma Rekik and Harold Mathijs van Es
3. Soil health assessment methods: Progress, applications and comparison
Tingting Chang, Gary Feng, Varun Paul, Ardeshir Adeli, and John P. Brooks
4. Rice grain quality: Where we are and where to go?
Jihua Cheng, Xin Lin, Yu Long, Qin Zeng, Kaijun Zhao, Peisong Hu, and Junhua Peng
5. Conservation Agriculture in the drylands of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: Past trend, current opportunities, challenges and future outlook
Mina Devkota, Yadvinder Singh, Yigezu Atnafe Yigezu, Isam Bashour, Rachid Mussadek, and Rachid Mrabet
6. Current status of herbicide-resistant weeds and their management in the rice-wheat cropping system of South Asia
Simerjeet Kaur, Sachin Dhanda, Ashok Yadav, Pardeep Sagwal, Dharam Bir Yadav, and Bhagirath Singh Chauhan

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