Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate source of the latest research in agronomy. Major reviews deal with the current topics of interest to agronomists, as well as crop and soil scientists. As always, the subjects covered are varied and exemplary of the myriad subject matter dealt with by this long-running serial. Editor Donald Sparks, former president of the Soil Science Society of America and current president of the International Union of Soil Science, is the S. Hallock du Pont Chair of Plant and Soil Sciences at The University of Delaware. Volume 82 contains eight state-of-the-art reviews on topics of interest in the plant and soil sciences. Three of the reviews present cutting-edge molecular scale techniques and approaches that directly impact food production, crop improvement, and environmental quality and sustainability.
| ISBN: | 9780120007806 |
| Publication date: | 6th February 2004 |
| Author: | Donald L. (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA) Sparks |
| Publisher: | Academic Press Inc an imprint of Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 652 pages |
| Genres: |
Sedimentology and pedology |