Advances in Agronomy, Volume 172, the latest release in this leading reference on the topic, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each chapter written by an international board of authors.
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
1. Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration M. Francesca Cotrufo and Jocelyn M. Lavallee 2. The soil health–human health nexus: Mineral thresholds, interlinkages and rice systems in Jharkhand, India Fatma Rekik and Harold Mathijs van Es 3. Soil health assessment methods: Progress, applications and comparison Tingting Chang, Gary Feng, Varun Paul, Ardeshir Adeli, and John P. Brooks 4. Rice grain quality: Where we are and where to go? Jihua Cheng, Xin Lin, Yu Long, Qin Zeng, Kaijun Zhao, Peisong Hu, and Junhua Peng 5. Conservation Agriculture in the drylands of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: Past trend, current opportunities, challenges and future outlook Mina Devkota, Yadvinder Singh, Yigezu Atnafe Yigezu, Isam Bashour, Rachid Mussadek, and Rachid Mrabet 6. Current status of herbicide-resistant weeds and their management in the rice-wheat cropping system of South Asia Simerjeet Kaur, Sachin Dhanda, Ashok Yadav, Pardeep Sagwal, Dharam Bir Yadav, and Bhagirath Singh Chauhan