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)

9780323989558, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 25 March 2022

398 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.75 kg

Advances in Agronomy, Volume 173, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each chapter written by an international board of authors.

1. Impact of micronutrients in mitigation of abiotic stresses in soils and plants—A progressive step toward crop security and nutritional quality
Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Vivek Sharma, and Arvind Kumar Shukla
2. A review of field management practices impacting root health in sugarcane
R. van Antwerpen, P.D.R. van Heerden, M.G. Keeping, L.W. Titshall, A. Jumman, P.B. Tweddle, T. van Antwerpen, P.V. Ramouthar, and P.L. Campbell
3. Soil carbon accumulation in crop-livestock systems in acid soil savannas of South America: A review
Miguel Ayarza, Idupulapati Rao, Lourival Vilela, Carlos Lascano, and Raul Vera-Infanzón
4. Soils in urban and built environments: Pedogenic processes, characteristics, mapping, and classification
Randy L. Riddle, Matthew G. Siebecker, David C. Weindorf, Richard K. Shaw, and Bryant C. Scharenbroch
5. Management of copper for crop 000
Adonis Moreira, Larissa A.C. Moraes, Thadeu Rodrigues de Melo, Reges Heinrichs, and Luiz G. Moretti
6. Diversifying crop rotations enhances agroecosystem services and resilience
Chang Liu, Daniel Plaza-Bonilla, Jeffrey A. Coulter, H. Randy Kutcher, Hugh J. Beckie, Li Wang, Jean-Baptiste Floc'h, Chantal Hamel, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, Lingling Li, and Yantai Gan
7. Competitive sorption and accumulation of organic phosphorus in phosphate-rich soils and sediments
Suwei Xu and Yuji Arai

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