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Comprising reviews that cover contemporary topics on crop and soil sciences, 'Advances in Agronomy' is written for researchers and students in agronomy, plant and soil sciences and environmental science professionals and students.
Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Impact of Global Warming on Soil Organic Carbon; 1. Introduction; 2. Factors Affecting the Response of SOC to Global Warming; 3. Temperature Sensitivity of SOC Pools; 4. Methods for Measuring Soil Responses to Global Warming; 5. Approaches to Modeling Soil Responses to Global Warming; 6. How Will Soil Carbon Respond the Global Warming?; 7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Some Prospective Strategies for Improving Crop Salt Tolerance; 1. Introduction; 2. Presowing Seed Treatment: A Shotgun Approach to Enhance Crop Salt Tolerance.
3. Exogenous Application of Osmolytes, Osmoprotectants, and PGRs4. Breeding for Salt Tolerance; 5. Conclusion and Future Prospects; References; Chapter 3: Succession of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Patterns, Causes, and Considerations for Organic Agriculture; 1. Introduction; 2. Are There Predictable Patterns of AMF Succession?; 3. Potential Environmental Drivers of AMF Succession in Organic Management; 4. Consequences of AMF Succession to Production; 5. Can We Manage AMF Succession in Organic Agriculture?; 6. Future Research Needs to Improve AMF Application; 7. Conclusions; References.
Chapter 4: Modeling N Dynamics to Assess Environmental Impacts of Cropped Soils1. Introduction; 2. Models Survey and Their Characteristics; 3. Description of Equations Used for Nitrogen Processes Calculations; 4. Critical Analysis of the Models; 5. Conclusions: Current Limits and Challenges; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5: The Role of Scientists in Multiscale Land Use Analysis: Lessons Learned from Dutch Communities of Practice; 1. Introduction; 2. The Available Toolkit for Up- and Downscaling; 3. Four Considerations When Dealing with Interactive Research.
4. Introduction to the Case Studies5. Case Studies at Farm Level; 6. Case Study at Regional Level; 7. General Conclusions and Recommendations; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6: Soil Structure: A History from Tilth to Habitat; 1. Introduction; 2. Early Historical Concepts; 3. From 1850 to 1930; 4. From 1930 to 1950; 5. From 1950 to 1980; 6. Architecture for Soil Functions After 1980; 7. Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7: Long-Term Cereal-Based Rotation Trials in the Mediterranean Region: Implications for Cropping Sustainability; 1. Introduction.
2. Perspective on Global Long-Term Cropping System Trials3. The Mediterranean Region; 4. Overview of Long-Term Trials in the Mediterranean Region; 5. Cropping System Trials at ICARDA in Syria; 6. Synthesis of Long-Term Cropping System Trials at ICARDA; 7. Statistical Trends in Crop Rotations; 8. Lessons Learned; 9. Future Strategies; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 8: Imaging Spectrometry for Soil Applications; 1. Introduction; 2. Part I; 3. Part II; 4. General Summary and Concluding Remarks; References; Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.