Roots and soil management : interactions between roots and the soil /

Readers will discover root-soil interactions and how to use them to manage the quality and productivity of our soils. Ranging from those identifiable from a moving vehicle, to those only elucidated with powerful molecular tools, the rhizosphere is examined by 28 authors in three sections: Macro-scal...

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Other Authors: Zobel, Richard W., Wright, Sara F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : American Society of Agronomy : Crop Science Society of America : Soil Science Society of America, ©2005.
Series:Agronomy ; no. 48.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Readers will discover root-soil interactions and how to use them to manage the quality and productivity of our soils. Ranging from those identifiable from a moving vehicle, to those only elucidated with powerful molecular tools, the rhizosphere is examined by 28 authors in three sections: Macro-scale--Learn the four classes of root that deal with soil spatial and temporal variability. Meso-scale--Examine the dynamic processes that predicate much of the diversity and activity of the rhizosphere. Micro-scale--Looking at microbes themselves, explore topics such as deleterious bacteria as bio-herbicides, a cutting edge discussion of the molecular genetic basis for quorum sensing in a rhizobium species, and interactions among soybean, bradyrhizobia, and VAM fungi.--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 272 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780891182672
0891182675