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Donald Sparks, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
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Advances in Agronomy,
Description
Volume 87 contains five excellent reviews dealing with environmental sustainability/quality and plant improvement that will be of great
interest to plant and soil scientists as well as professional in related fields.
Topics discussed in this volume include: Factors affecting
antibiotic persistence in the terrestrial environment, antibiotic resistant bacteria and human health concerns, soil amendments and amelioration,
human aspects of irrigation management, nitrogen use efficiency in cereal-based agricultural systems on a worldwide basis, and much more.
* Includes over 35 figures and 50 tables with the most advanced data
* Offers 5 full detailed chapters dedicated to the most up-to-date
issues and discoveries in agronomy science
* Maintains the highest impact factor among serial publications in Agriculture
* Presents
an analysis of the efficiency of fertilizer nitrogen in cereal production
Audience
Professionals, researchers, and students involved in agronomy, crop & soil sciences, plant science, and environmental sciences
Contents
1. Antibiotics Use in Agriculture and Their Impact on the Terrestrial Environment (K. Kumar, S. C. Gupta, Y. Chardler, and A. K. Singh)
2. The Sustainability of Irrigation (D. Hillel and P. Vlek)
3. Efficiency of Fertilizer Nitrogen in Cereal Production: Retrospects and
Prospects (J. K. Ladha, H. Pathak, T. J. Krupnik, J. Six and C. van Kessel)
4. Wide Compatibility Systems and its Exploitation for Yield
Enhancement in Rice (E. A. Siddiq and S. Singh)
5. Seed Filling in Grain Legumes (Pulses) Under Water Deficits with Emphasis on Chickpea
(Cicer arietinum L.) (N. C. Turner, S. L. Davies, J. A. Plummer and K. H. M. Siddique)
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Hardbound, 272 pages, publication date: OCT-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-000785-1
ISBN-10: 0-12-000785-1
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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