Advances in Agronomy, Volume 117, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Chapters in this new release include Farming Systems Research: Concepts, Design and Methodology, Soil Potassium Fertility and Management Strategies in South Asian Agriculture, Sensing for Characterizing and Monitoring Soil Functions – A Review, Isolation and Fractionation of Organic Matter from Soils and Waters, Tolerance Mechanism and Management Concepts of Iron Toxicity in Rice: A Critical Review, and Smart Sensing and Automated Irrigation for Sustainable Rice Systems: A State of the Art Review.
Includes numerous, timely, state-of-the-art reviews on the latest advancements in agronomy
Features distinguished, well recognized authors from around the world
Builds upon this venerable and iconic review series
Covers the extensive variety and breadth of subject matter in the crop and soil sciences
Scientists and practitioners in academe, government, and industry and students in an array of fields including crop and soil sciences, agronomy, plant biology, and environmental sciences
Cuprins
Farming systems research: Concepts, design and methodology U.K. Behera and James France
Soil potassium fertility and management strategies in South Asian agriculture Ch. Srinivasarao, Sumanta Kundu, K.V. Rao, A.K. Shukla, A. Subba Rao, Patricia Imas, Nanthi S. Bolan, Rattan Lal, J.V.N.S. Prasad, P.C. Abhilash, G. Ranjith Kumar, R.S. Meena, G. Pratibha, G. Narayanaswami, S.K. Bansal, K.C. Nataraj, M. Jagadesh, K. Mrunalini, S. Jayaraman, M.L. Jat, S.N. Malleswari, Anthony Whitbread, and B. Venkateswarlu
Sensing technologies for characterizing and monitoring soil functions: A review Nelida E.Q. Silvero, Jose A.M. Dematte, Budiman Minasny, Nícolas Augusto Rosin, Jessica García Nascimento, Heidy S. Rodríguez Albarracín, Henrique Bellinaso, and Andres M.R. Gómez
Isolation and fractionation of organic matter from soils and waters Guixue Song and Michael H.B. Hayes
Tolerance mechanism and management concepts of iron toxicity in rice: A critical review Hayat Ullah, Sheikh Faruk Ahmed, Raquel Santiago-Arenas, Sushil K. Himanshu, Elsayed Mansour, Suriyan Cha-um, and Avishek Datta
Smart sensing and automated irrigation for sustainable rice systems: A state of the art review Matthew Champness, Carlos Ballester-Lurbe, Rodrigo Filev-Maia, and John Hornbuckle