Contributors / R.K. Downey ; M.E. Sumner Frye ; J.T. Sims ; D.G. Schulze ; J.W. Doran ; K.M. Scow ; J.W. Dudley ; F.R. Magdoff ; P.K. Bretting ; R.P. Wise ; G. D. Bowen ; Robin D. GrahamCH 1: |
Effects of Fumigants on Non-Target |
Soil as a Source of Dust and Implications for Human Health / 1: |
The Global Impact of Soil Erosion on Productivity |
Geochemical Aspects of Phytosiderophore |
Soil Redox Potential |
Preface / K. Kumar |
Organisms in Soils Sorghum Improvement |
An Ecological Approach to Strengthen / S.P. McGrath ; R. Lal ; Daniel Hillel ; D.L. Karlen, |
Promoted Iron Acquisition by Plants / I: |
Gypsum and Acid Soils: The World Scene / S. Fiedler ; S.R. Rimmer |
Quantitative Genetics and Plant Breeding / D.C. Wolf ; P.M. Bertsch ; M. Sarrantonio ; C.R. Johnson |
Integrating Traditional and New Technology to Produce Improved Genotypes / L.E. Lanyon ; D.N. Duvick ; C.R. Bronson ; A. D. Rovira ; Ross M. Welch ; D.M. Sylvia |
Weed Management in the Semiarid Great Plains |
Absolute and Relative Erosion-Induced Yield Losses The Global Impact of Soil Erosion on Productivity |
Taking Stock of the Brazilian |
Critical Review of the Science and Options for Reducing Cadmium in Tobacco (nicotiana tabacum L.) and other plants / S. C. Gupta ; R.L. Blevins ; G.S.P. Ritchie ; S. Xu, G. Sheng ; H.P.S. Jayasundara |
The Potential of Soils of the Tropics to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect / F.J. Zhao |
Nutrient Management for Improving Lowland Rice Productivity and Sustainability / Cynthia Rosenzweig ; S.S. Andrews, |
Zero Till Revolution / II: |
Agronomic Improvement in Oilseed Brassicas / M. J. Vepraskas |
Poultry Waste Management: Agricultural and Environmental Issues |
Synchrotron X-Ray Techniques in Soil, Plant, and Environmental Research |
Introduction / M.A. Liebig |
Dynamic Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources / W.C. Liebhardt |
The Rhizosphere and Its Management to Improve Plant Growth / P.S. Schnable |
Impact of Grazing Animals on N2 Fixation in Legume-Based Pastures and Management / Howard E. Bouis ; D.O. Chellemi |
Molecular Breeding of Groundnut for Enhanced Productivity and Food Security in the Semi-Arid Tropics: Opportunities and Challenges / 2: |
Effects on Crop Yields and Production Over Time Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Applications and Perspectives in Agriculture Organic Matter |
Mechanisms and Pathways of Trace Element |
Rotations for the Twenty-First Century / Y. Chardler ; J.J. Fuhrmann ; W.W ; P.K. Sharma |
Options for Improvement Seed Fill Duration and Yield of Grain Crops / G.W. Petersen ; S.B. Powles ; S.A. Boyd ; A. Jungk ; B.D. Thomson ; J. M. De la Fuente-Martinez |
Desertification and Its Relation to Climate Variability and Change / E. Lombi ; Robin Matthews |
Scale-Dependent Dispersion in Soils: An Overview |
Accumulation in Submerged Soils Potassium Nutrition of the Rice-Wheat Cropping System |
Mobility in Soils |
Conservation Tillage: An Ecological Approach to Soil Management / J. L. Richardson |
Soil Health and Sustainability / J.G. Davis |
Nutrient Cycling Transformation and Flows: Implication for a More Sustainable Agriculture |
Mitigation of Climatic Change by Soil Carbon Sequestration: Issues of Science, Monitoring and Degrading Lands / H.T. Horner |
Interactions Among Root-Inhabiting Fungi and Their Implications for Biological Control of Root Pathogens |
The Agronomy and Economy of Cardamom |
Population Diversity Groupings of Soybean Bradyrhizobia / A. K. Singh |
Use of Organoclays in Pollution Abatement / P.A. Peterson Buntin ; S.K. De Datta ; J.C. Bell ; S.D. Cunningham ; C. Preston |
Phytoremediation of Metals, Metalloids, and Readionuclides / M.C. Shannon ; N. Claasen ; C. Tang ; L. Herrera-Estrella ; Dean A. Martens ; S.C.K. Milach |
Soil Quality: Current Concepts and Applications / William Stephens ; Yan Jin |
The Queen of Spices |
Importance, Field Measurements, and Observations |
The Role of Dissolution and Precipitation of Minerals in Controlling Soluble Aluminum in Acidic Soils / P.E. Fixen |
Advances in Fertigation / G.S. McMaster |
Increasing Rice Production in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Antibiotics Use in Agriculture and Their Impact on the Terrestrial Environment |
Transposable Elements in Maize: Their Role in Creating Genetic Variability |
Rainwater Utilization Efficiency in Rainfed Lowland Rice |
Adaptation of Plants to Salinity / J.P. Quirk ; K. McSweeney ; T.A. Anderson ; I.B. Bryan |
Ion Diffusion in the Soil-Root System |
Applications of Fractals to Soil Studies |
Advances in the Understanding of Aluminum Toxicity and the Development of Aluminum-Tolerant Transgenic Plants / R. Naidu |
Crop Responses to Chloride / Milkja S. Aulakh ; L.C. Federizzi ; Alessandro Piccolo ; Tim Hess ; Markus Flury ; Robert G. Ford, ; V. BalasubramanianCH 2: |
Phenology, Development, and Growth of the Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Shoot Apex: A Review / J. Funderburk ; J.L. Richardson |
Managing Plant Nutrients for Optimum Water Use Efficiency and Water Conservation / L.F. Elliott ; H.W.M. Hilhorst and P.E. Tooroop ; N.L.Taylor ; R. Kretzschmar ; D. Hillel ; R.J. Bartlett |
Dwarfing Genes in Plant Improvement / G.A. Nielsen ; A.P. Schwab ; A.R. Jutsum ; R. Miedema ; R.R. Smith ; S. Naidu ; Reiner Wasserman |
The Supramolecular Structure of Humic Substances: A Novel Understanding of Humus Chemistry and Implications in Soil Science |
Fate and Transport of Viruses in Porous Media / Tabitha Middleton |
Interparticle Forces: A Basis for the Interpretation of Soil Physical Behavior / Andreas C. Scheinost, ; M. Sie ; L. Higley ; J.L. Arndt |
A Review on Dormancy, Germinability and Germination in Crop and Weed Seeds / D.A. Holt |
Subject Index / M. Borkovec ; R. Harrison ; P. Vlek ; B.R. James3: |
Herbicide Resistance: Impact and Management / P.C. Robert ; F.C. Hsu |
Applications of Micromorphology of Relevance to Agronomy |
The Influence of No-Till Cropping Systems on Microbial Relationships / P.D. Brown ; Kura Clover ; P. Jackson ; Heinz Rennenberg ; Huixiao Wang ; Anil Graves ; Jan W. Hopmans ; Donald L. Sparks ; R. J. Hijmans ; G.D ; J. Freeland ; L. Ma ; M.A. Sanderson |
The Sustainability of Irrigation / D. Grolimund ; J. Webb |
Redox Chemistry of Soils |
Concepts and Directions in Arthropod Pest Management |
Geographic Information Systems in Agronomy |
Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated with Organic Pollutants |
Nitrogen Cycling Under Different Soil Management Systems / M.J. Morra ; R.G. McLaren |
Applications of Crop/Soil Simulation Models in Tropical Agricultural Systems / Changming Liu |
Frontiers in Metal Sorption/Precipitation Mechanisms on Soil Mineral Surfaces / Keith L. Bristow |
Wetland Soils of the Prairie Potholes / K. Otsuka ; N.S. Pasricha ; G.J. WagnerCH 3: |
USDA Plant Genome Research Program Participants, USDA Plant Genome Research Program |
The Response of Cool Season Grain Legumes to Soil Abiotic Stresses / D.O. TeBeest ; H.M. Selim ; D.W. Stair |
Methan Emissions from Rice Fields / M. Elimelech |
A Review of the Effect of N Fertilizer Type on Gaseous Emissions |
Practical Ethics in Agronomic Research / J. K. Ladha ; V.P. Evangelou ; M. Schnitzer |
Control of Soil-Borne Pests Using Glucosinolate Containing Plants |
Current Capabilities and Future Needs of Root Water and Nutrient Uptake Modeling / L.T. West ; M.E. Sumner ; E.A. Stockdale ; N. Amarger ; Lu Zhang ; F. Zhang |
Challenges and Opportunities / Peter J. Hocking |
Accumulation of Cadmium in Crop Plants and Its Consequences to Human Health. / R.L. Fox |
Biological Control of Weeds with Plant Pathogens and Microbial Pesticides |
Physical Nonequilibrium Modeling Approaches to Solute Transport in Soils |
Mobile Subsurface Colloids and Their Role in Contaminant Transport / M.A. Hussey ; B.A. Stewart ; R.I. Barnhisel and J.M. Hower |
Phosphate Reaction Dynamics in Soils and Soil Components / 4: |
The Genetics, Pathology and Molecular Biology of T-Cytoplasm Male Sterility in Maize / H. Pathak ; J. Wang ; H.-R. Schulten ; F. Iyamuremye ; N.K. Savant ; F.H. Beinroth |
Rhizobia in the Field / P.M. Haygarth ; N.H. Lampkin |
Water-Saving Agriculture in China: An Overview |
Organic Acids Exuded from Roots in Phosphorus Uptake and Aluminum Tolerance of Plants in Acid Soils / D.L. Smith ; N.K. Fageria |
Plant Nutrient Sulfur in the Tropics and Subtropics / Y. Arai |
Physiological and Morphological Responses to Perennial Forages to Stress |
Coal Surface Mine Reclamation in the Eastern United States: The Revegetation of Disturbed Lands to Hayland/Pasture or Cropland / C.A. Robinson |
Index / D.R. Parker |
Chapter References / T. J. Krupnik |
Analysis of Organic Matter in Soil Extracts and Whole Soils by Pyrolysis-Mass Spectrometry / R.E. Phillips |
Interorganismal Signaling in Suboptimum Environments: The Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis / R.P. Dick ; G.H. Snyder ; K.R. Reddy ; S. C. Jarvis ; M. Hovi ; E. Ben-Dor |
Are Agroecosystems Sustainable in Semiarid Regions? / V.C. Baligar ; Volker Kleinhenz ; D. L. Sparks ; Soils. M. Lee |
New Developments and Perspectives on Soil Potassium Quantity-Intensity (Q/I) Relationships / W.A. Norvell ; J. Six |
Organic Amendments and Phosphorus Sorption |
Transfer of Phosphorus from Agricultural Soils / L.E. Datnoff ; H.F.Hodges ; B.T. Kang |
Quantitative Remote Sensing of Soil Properties / R. Keatinge |
A Multi-Scale Approach / M.A. Chappell ; R.B. Clark ; David J. Midmore |
Role of Metal-Organic Complexation in Metal Sorption / S.P. Loss |
Application of Capillary Electrophoresis to Anion Speciation in Soil Water Extracts / Soils. J.S. Boyer ; J.M. McKinion |
Ecological Agriculture in China / A. F. Bent |
Silicon Management and Sustainable Rice Production / C. van Kessel ; R.D. Harter |
Breeding, Culture, and Utilization |
Micronutrients in Crop Production / T.R. Sinclair ; E.K.M. Lennartsson |
Aspects of Bamboo Agronomy |
Advances in Drought Tolerance in Plants / H. Wang ; K.H.M Siddique |
Crop Modeling and Applications: A Cotton Example / R.R. Duncan |
Efficiency of Fertilizer Nitrogen in Cereal Production: Retrospects and Prospects / J.-M. Bollag ; I.-C. Yu5: |
Surface Chemistry and Function of Microbial Biofilms / N.W. Widstrom ; A.E. Johnston ; R.C. Muchow ; D.W. Macdonald |
Morphological and Physiological Traits Associated with Wheat Yield Increases in Mediterranean Environments / Alfred E. Hartemink ; L. QinCH 4: |
Tissue Culture-Induced Variation and Crop Improvement |
Applications of Molecular Biology to Plant Disease and Insect Resistance / J. Dec |
DNA Markers and Plant Breeding Programs / E. A. Siddiq |
The Aflatoxin Problem with Corn Grain |
The Value of Long-Term Field Experiments in Agricultural, Ecological, and Environmental Research / G. Bourgault |
Advances in Solution Culture Methods for Plant Mineral Nutrition Research |
Soil Science in Tropical and Temperate Regions- Some Differences and Similarities / S. Padel ; D.C.E. Wurr |
Managing World Soils for Food Security and Environmental Quality |
Ultisols: Characteristics and Impacts on Society / L. Huang ; A.J. Beck ; P.M. Huang ; M. Silgram ; S. Singh ; A.G. Journel ; F.H. Tattersall ; J.R. Fellows ; B.A. Kimball ; S.P. Hoad, ; L. Zhang Cotton ; R.E. Alcock6: |
Wide Compatibility Systems and its Exploitation for Yield Enhancement in Rice / M.A. Shepherd |
Formation Mechanisms of Complex Organic Structures in Soil Habitats / J.D. Rhoades |
Principles and Application / M.S. Wolfe ; K. Phelps ; K. Kobayashi ; G. Russell, |
Radiation Use Efficiency / S.C. WilsonCH 5: |
The Effects of Cultivation on Soil Nitrogen Mineralization / W. T. Pettigrew ; N. C. Turner ; D.L. Corwin |
Crop Scheduling and Prediction-Principles and Opportunities with Field Vegetables / C.A. Watson |
Responses of Agricultural Crops to Free-Air CO2 Enrichment / M. Binidi ; M.E. Lucas, ; M.-J. Wang ; T. J. Gerik ; S. L. Davies ; S.M. Lesh ; Craig D. Phelps |
Leaf Photosynthesis and Carbon Metabolism / I.J. Bingham ; S.R. Wild7: |
Geostatistical Analysis of a Soil Salinity Data Set / J. A. Plummer |
The Management of Wheat, Barley, and Oat Root Systems / L.Y. Young ; M.C. Robson |
Agronomic and Environmental Implications of Organic Farming Systems / G. S. Bilotta ; A.P. Sewart ; N.C. Turner ; K. H. M. Siddique |
Further Progress in Crop Water Relations / S.M. Fowler ; R. E. Brazier ; K.C. Jones |
Biodegradation of BTEX Under Anaerobic Conditions: A Review |
Seed Filling in Grain Legumes (Pulses) Under Water Deficits with Emphasis on Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) |
Long-Term Persistence of Organic Chemicals in Sewage Sludge-Amended Agricultural Land: A Soil Quality Perspective / P. M. Haygarth |
The Impacts of Grazing Animals on the Quality of Soils, Vegetation, and Surface Waters in Intensively Managed Grasslands / D.A. Knauft ; C. Leifert |
Peanut Breeding and Genetics / J.C. Wynne ; M. Leitch |
References / D. Robinson |
The Agronomic and Economic Potential of Break Crops for Ley/Arable Rotations in Temperate Organic Agriculture / A.M. Litterick |
Intermolecular Forces at the Interface of Biological and Mineralogical Particles |
State of the Art on Soil-Related Geo-Medical Issues in the World Gaseous Emissions of Nitrogen From Grazed Pastures: Processes |
Rice Functional Genomics: Large-Scale Gene Discovery and Applications to Crop Improvement |
Measurements and Modeling |
The Nature, Properties and Management of Volcanic Soils |
Environmental Implications |
Microarray Technology and Applications in Environmental Microbiology |
and Mitigation Modeling Cadmium Uptake and Accumulation in Plants Variable Charge Soils: Their Mineralogy |
The Agronomy and Economy of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) - The ""King of Spices"" |
Chemistry and Management Understanding and Reducing Lodging in Cereals Altering Fatty Acid Composition in Oil Seed Crops |
Soil Mineral-Organic Matter-Microorganism Interactions: Fundamentals and Impacts |
Low External Input Technologies for Livelihood |
The Emerging Global Water Crisis: Managing Scarcity and Conflict Between Water Users / William A. Jury ; Henry J. Vaux, Jr. |
Signs of the Coming Crisis / A: |
Population and Food Production Trends / B: |
The Global Freshwater Resource / C: |
Pollution and Human Health / D: |
Challenges in Optimizing Water Use / E: |
The Present Global Water Situation |
Water Use by Sectors |
Water-Scarce and Water-Stressed Countries |
Drinking Water, Sanitation, and Waterborne Disease |
Chemical Contamination in Water |
Water for Ecosystems |
Groundwater Overdraft / F: |
Population Trends and Water Stresses / III: |
Water-Short and Water-Stressed Countries |
Urbanization Trends |
Industrial and Municipal Water Demands |
Transboundary Issues |
Projected Water Deficit Under Business as Usual Practices |
Threats to Ecosystem Health |
The Wild Card of Climate Change / G: |
Dimensions of Water Scarcity / IV: |
Water Savings Through Conservation |
Expansion and Improvement of Irrigation |
Productivity Improvements in Rainfed Agriculture |
Economic Methods for Water Supplementation in Developing Countries |
Desalination |
Improvements Through Institutional Changes |
Paths to Sustainability / V: |
Ending Unsustainable Practices |
Management Strategies |
Agriculture and Water Management in the Developing World |
Societal Changes |
Conclusions / VI: |
Beyond Structural Genomics for Plant Science / Richard A. Dixon ; Joseph H. Bouton ; Brindha Narasimhamoorthy ; Malay Saha ; Zeng-Yu Wang ; Gregory D. May |
Sequenced Genomes, Model Systems, and Comparative Genomics |
A. thaliana |
Rice |
Poplar |
Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus |
Genetic Resources for Functional Genomics |
Transcriptomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics |
Approaches for Transcript Profiling |
Proteomics |
Metabolomic Analysis |
Molecular Markers |
Marker Types |
Molecular Genetic Maps |
Genomics for Generation of Molecular Markers |
Metabolomic-Based "Markers" |
Advantages of Marker-Assisted Breeding |
Transgenesis |
Transgenesis as a Tool for Functional Genomics |
Current Approaches to the Generation of Transgenic Plants |
Strategies for Overcoming Recalcitrance of Crop Species to Genetic Transformation |
Transgenesis for Trait Integration and Commercialization |
Virus-Induced Gene Silencing as an Alternative to Stable Transformation for Functional Genomics |
Tilling as an Alternative to Transgenesis for Gene Knockdowns |
Case Studies for Alfalfa Improvement |
Improvement of Aluminum Tolerance |
Gene Discovery and Metabolic Engineering for Forage Quality Enhancement |
Issues for Molecular Development of Alfalfa |
The Future: Bridging the Gap from Models to Crops / VII: |
The Future Technologies, Opportunities, and Challenges / VIII: |
Acknowledgments |
The Molecularization of Public Sector Crop Breeding: Progress, Problems, and Prospects / Sangam L. Dwivedi ; Jonathan H. Crouch ; David J. Mackill ; Yunbi Xu ; Matthew W. Blair ; Michel Ragot ; Hari D. Upadhyaya ; Rodomiro Ortiz |
Introduction to Global Food Production and Major Breeding Challenges |
Development of Markers for Assisting Selection |
Genetic Resources |
Genomic Resources |
Genetic Linkage Map |
Marker-Trait Associations from Analysis of Diverse Germplasm |
Marker Validation and Refinement |
Markers for Simply Inherited Traits |
QTL Marker for Complex Traits |
Successful Applications of Marker-Assisted Genetic Enhancement in Public Sector Breeding Programs |
Resistance to Biotic Stresses |
Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses |
Agronomic and Seed Quality Traits |
Specific Challenges for Alien Gene Introgression |
Successful Application of Marker-Assisted Genetic Enhancement in Private Sector Breeding Programs |
Impact of Marker-Assisted Genetic Enhancement |
Enhanced Selection Power |
Reduced Cost, Increased Feasibility, Time Savings, and Parental Selection |
Overview of Products from Molecular Breeding |
Approaches to Enhance the Efficiency and Scope of Molecular Breeding |
Studying the Molecular Basis of Heterosis |
Fine-Mapping, Cloning, and Pyramiding of QTL Associated with Improved Agronomic Traits |
Expression QTL Mapping |
Simulation and Modeling of MAS |
The Role of Computational Systems in Molecular Breeding Programs |
Germplasm Evaluation |
Managing Breeding Populations |
Genetic Map Construction |
Identifying Marker-Trait Associations |
Marker-Assisted Selection |
GEI Analysis |
Breeding Design and Simulation |
Information Management and Integrated Tools / H: |
Future Prospects for the Molecularization of Public Crop Improvement / IX: |
Breeding Crops for Durable Resistance to Disease / D. D. Stuthman ; K. J. Leonard ; J. Miller-Garvin |
Importance of Reliable Disease Resistance in Major Crops |
Causes of Plant Disease Epidemics (The Disease Triangle) |
Examples of Plant Disease in Natural Populations |
Concepts of Resistance to Plant Disease Useful in Breeding Efforts |
A Pragmatic Approach |
Classification of Types of Resistance from a Breeder's Perspective |
What Makes Disease Resistance Durable? |
Resistance in Wild Plant Species |
Impact of Agriculture on Resistance |
Efforts to Delay Breakdown of Inherently Transient Resistance |
Examples of Durable Monogenic Resistance |
Durability of Polygenic Resistance |
Examples of Effective Polygenic Resistance |
Maize |
Wheat |
Barley |
Potato |
Classical Breeding Approaches |
Recurrent Selection |
Pedigree Breeding |
Perennial Species |
Molecular Approaches |
Genetic Transformation |
Summary |
Pathogens in Biosolids / Ian L. Pepper ; John P. Brooks ; Charles P. Gerba |
Biosolids: A Historical Perspective and Current Outlook |
The Nature of Wastewater (Sewage) |
Wastewater (Sewage) Treatment |
Class A Versus Class B Biosolids |
Removal of Pathogens by Sewage Treatment Processes |
Pathogens of Concern in Class B Biosolids |
Bacteria |
Enteric Viruses |
Protozoan Pathogens |
Helminths |
Other Biological Concerns in Biosolids |
Pathogen Transport and Survival in Soil, Water, and Air |
Exposure via Soil and Groundwater |
Exposure via Air |
Risk-Based Evaluation of the Potential Hazards Posed by Pathogens in Biosolids |
On-Site Exposure from Land-Applied Biosolids |
On-Site Exposure to Workers via Bioaerosols Generated During Land Application of Biosolids |
Off-Site Exposure of Bioaerosols to Residents in Communities Close to Land Application Sites |
Public Perceptions of Land Application of Biosolids with Respect to Pathogens |
Future Research Needs |
Advances in Crop Water Management Using Capacitive Water Sensors / A. Fares ; V. Polyakov |
Capacitance Soil Water Content Measuring Systems |
Principle of Operation |
Equipment Design |
Installation |
Data Logging and Displaying |
Calibration |
Application of Capacitance as Water Management Devices: Irrigation Scheduling for Different Crops |
Determination of Soil Water Physical Properties |
Field Soil Water Storage |
Field Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity |
Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Soil Physical Properties |
Use of MCP to Calculate Different Field Water Cycle Components |
Plant Water Use |
Drainage Below the Root Zone |
Effective Rainfall |
Effect of Fluctuation of Soil Temperature and Soil Salinity on the Performance of MCP |
Synchrotron Radiation Infrared Spectromicroscopy: A Noninvasive Chemical Probe for Monitoring Biogeochemical Processes / H.-Y. N. Holman ; M. C. Martin |
SR-FTIR Spectromicroscopy |
Background |
Synchrotron IR Light Sources |
Synchrotron IR Spectromicroscopy of Biogeochemical Systems |
Biogeochemical Processes Measured by SR-FTIR Spectromicroscopy |
Instrumentation |
Spectral Analysis |
Application Examples |
Future Possibilities and Requirements |
Development and Testing of "On-Farm" Seed Priming / D. Harris |
The Problem |
Inadequate Crop Stands |
Factors Affecting Crop Establishment |
Simple Ways to Improve Crop Establishment |
Seed Quality |
Timely Sowing |
Depth of Sowing |
Dry Planting |
Transplanting Seedlings |
Seed Priming |
"On-Farm" Seed Priming |
In Vitro Investigations of Rate and Extent of Germination |
In Vitro Emergence and Early Seedling Growth |
Research Station Studies |
On-Farm Studies |
Added Value: Improved Crop Nutrition |
Added Value: Increased Pest and Disease Resistance |
Thermodynamic Modeling of Metal Adsorption onto Bacterial Cell Walls: Current Challenges / Jeremy B. Fein |
Mechanistic Studies of Cell Wall Adsorption |
Partitioning Relationships Versus Surface Complexation Modeling |
Constraints on Bacterial Cell Wall-Protonation Reactions |
Constraints on Mechanisms of Metal Adsorption onto Bacteria |
Challenges in Applying Surface Complexation Models to Real Systems |
Concluding Remarks |
Alfalfa Winter Hardiness: A Research Retrospective and Integrated Perspective / Yves Castonguay ; Serge Laberge ; E. Charles Brummer ; Jeffrey J. Volenec |
Morphological and Developmental Bases of Winter Survival |
Crown Depth, Root Morphology, and Winter Survival |
Fall Dormancy and the Acquisition of Freezing Tolerance |
Impact of Environmental Factors on Alfalfa-Freezing Tolerance |
Molecular Bases of Winter Survival: Current Understanding and Emerging Concepts |
Tolerance to Freeze-Induced Desiccation and Cold Hardiness of Alfalfa |
Cold-Induced Accumulation of Cryoprotective Sugars |
Amino Acids |
Modification of Gene Expression at Low Temperature |
The Genetic Bases of Cold Adaptation in Alfalfa |
Genetic Variability for Freezing Tolerance |
Conventional Genetic Selection for Improved Winter Hardiness and Freezing Tolerance |
Conceptual Approach to the Genetic Control of Freezing Tolerance in Alfalfa |
Projecting Yield and Utilization Potential of Switchgrass as an Energy Crop / Samuel B. McLaughlin ; James R. Kiniry ; Charles M. Taliaferro ; Daniel De La Torre Ugarte |
Projecting Yield Gains in Switchgrass Relative to Maize |
Breeding History of Maize |
Breeding Gains with Perennial Grasses Including Switchgrass |
Potential Yields of Maize and Switchgrass |
Whole Plant Production in Maize and Switchgrass |
Projecting Switchgrass Performance in Time and Space with the ALMANAC Model |
Physiological and Ecological Traits of Switchgrass |
Parametrization of the ALMANAC Model |
Simulated Yields from ALMANAC Versus Actual Yields Within the Region |
Assessing Economic Impacts of Widespread Deployment of Switchgrass in a National Bioenergy Program |
Comparative Typology in Six European Low-Intensity |
Systems of Grassland Management Water Flow in the Roots of Crop Species |
The Influence of Root Structure, Aquaporin Activity and Waterlogging |
Ecology of Denitrifying Prokaryotes in Agricultural |
Soil Strategies of Plants to Adapt to Mineral Stresses in Problem Soils Microbial |
Ecology of Methanogens and Methanotrophs in Rice Fields |
Phytoremediation of Sodic and Saline-Sodic |
Soils Linking |
Soil Organisms Within Food Webs to Ecosystem |
Functioning and Environmental Change |
Influence of Coupled Processes on Contaminant Fate and Transport in Subsurface Environments / Philip M. Jardine |
Introduction and Rationale |
Chapter Objectives and Outline |
General Overview on the Impact of Coupled Processes on Subsurface Fate and Transport |
Influence of Coupled Processes on Inorganic Contaminant Fate and Transport |
Influence of Coupled Processes on Organic Contaminant Fate and Transport |
Uptake and Fate of Perchlorate in Higher Plants / Angelia L. Seyfferth ; David R. Parker |
Perchlorate Levels in Plants |
Perchlorate Uptake Studies |
Conclusions and Future Research |
Sugarcane for Bioethanol: Soil and Environmental Issues |
Changes in Soil Chemical Properties |
Changes in Soil Physical Properties |
Changes in Soil Biological Properties |
Environmental Issues |
Discussion and Conclusions |
Iron Dynamics in the Rhizosphere: Consequences for Plant Health and Nutrition / A. Robin ; G. Vansuyt ; P. Hinsinger ; J. M. Meyer ; J. F. Briat ; P. Lemanceau |
Iron Status in Soils and Rhizospheres |
Impact of Plants and Microorganisms on the Iron Status |
Iron-Mediated Interactions in the Rhizosphere |
Geochemistry of Green Rusts and Fougerite: A Reevaluation of Fe cycle in Soils / Fabienne Trolard ; Guilhem Bourrie |
Iron as the Main Biogeochemical Marker of Gleyey Soils |
Methods for Study of Redox State of Iron in Soil Solutions |
Methods for Study of Redox State of Iron in Soil Solids |
Field Evidence of Fe[superscript 2+] Mobility in Solution and Seasonal Dynamics |
Structure of Synthetic Green Rusts |
Structure of Fougerite Mineral |
Direct Identification of Fougerite Mineral by Decomposition of XRD Spectra and Nature of the Interlayer Anion in Fougeres-Fougerite / 8: |
Thermodynamic Modeling / 9: |
Fe Control in Solution by Mixed Fe(II)-Fe(III) Minerals/Solution Equilibria / 10: |
Redox Interactions Between Iron and Other Elements in Relationship with the Occurrence of GRs / 11: |
Biotic Interaction / 12: |
Geochemical Significance and Place of Fougerite in Iron Oxide Family / 13: |
Advances in Isotopic Dilution Techniques in Trace Element Research: A Review of Methodologies, Benefits, and Limitations / Rebecca E. Hamon ; Enzo Lombi |
The Isotopic Dilution Principle |
Methodologies |
Uncertainties and Sources of Errors |
Interpretation of E-Values |
Interpretation of L-Values |
Future Applications |
Ameliorating Soil Acidity of Tropical Oxisols by Liming For Sustainable Crop Production / N. K. Fageria ; V. C. Baligar |
Distribution and Characteristics of Oxisols |
Beneficial Effects of Liming |
Disadvantages of Overliming |
Factors Affecting Lime Requirements |
Criteria to Determine Liming Material Quantity |
Methods, Frequency, Depth, and Timing of Lime Application |
Acknowledgment |
Advances in Precision Conservation / Jorge A. Delgado ; Joseph K. Berry |
Geospatial Technologies |
Identifying Spatial Patterns and Relationships |
Field Level Flows |
Connection of Field with Off-Site Transport |
Watershed Scale Considerations |
Current Applications and Trends |
Summary and Conclusions |
Reaction and Transport of Arsenic in Soils: Equilibrium and Kinetic Modeling / Hua Zhang ; H. M. Selim |
Environmental Toxicity |
Arsenic in Soils |
Biogeochemistry |
Transport in Soils |
Modeling |
Remediation of Contaminated Soils |
Summary and a Look Ahead |
Crop Residue Management for Lowland Rice-Based Cropping Systems in Asia / Bijay-Singh ; Y. H. Shan ; S. E. Johnson-Beebout ; Yadvinder-Singh ; R. J. Buresh |
Criteria for Evaluating Crop Residue Management Options |
Type and Abundance of Crop Residues |
Existing and Emerging Residue Management Options |
Evaluation of Options with Residues Managed During a Rice Crop |
Evaluation of Options with Residues Managed During a Non-Flooded Crop |
Crop Residue and Bioenergy Options |
Sampling and Measurement of Ammonia at Animal Facilities / Ji-Qin Ni ; Albert J. Heber |
A General View of Ammonia Determination |
Ammonia Sampling |
Ammonia Concentration Measurement |
Measurement Methods and Devices |
Ammonia Concentration Data |
Will Stem Rust Destroy the World's Wheat Crop? / Ravi P. Singh ; David P. Hodson ; Julio Huerta-Espino ; Yue Jin ; Peter Njau ; Ruth Wanyera ; Sybil A. Herrera-Foessel ; Richard W. Ward |
Stem Rust Disease, Pathogen, and Epidemiology |
Breeding for Resistance |
Race Ug99 and Why it is a Potential Threat to Wheat Production |
Breeding Strategies to Mitigate the Threat from Ug99 and Achieve a Long-Term Control of Stem Rust |
Conclusion and Future Outlook |
Genetic Improvement of Forage Species to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Temperate Livestock Grazing Systems / M. T. Abberton ; A. H. Marshall ; M. W. Humphreys ; J. H. Macduff ; R. P. Collins ; C. L. Marley |
Reducing Diffuse Nitrogenous Pollution of Watercourses |
Reducing P Pollution of Watercourses |
Reducing Emissions to Air |
Improving Soil Quality and Reducing Flood Damage |
Enhancing Persistency and Resilience |
Enhancing C Sequestration in Grasslands |
Future Prospects |
Mutagenesis and High-Throughput Functional Genomics in Cereal Crops: Current Status / H. S. Balyan ; N. Sreenivasulu ; O. Riera-Lizarazu ; P. Azhaguvel ; S. F. Kianian |
Insertional Mutagenesis |
Non-Transgenic Tilling, Dealing, and Deleteagene Approaches |
Phenomics Platform for Screening Mutagenized Population |
Outlook |
Dissolved Organic Matter: Biogeochemistry, Dynamics and Environmental Significance in Soils / N. S. Bolan ; D. C. Adriano ; A. Kunhikrishnan ; T. James ; R. McDowell ; N. Senesi |
Genomic Selection in Plant Breeding: Knowledge and Prospects / A. J. Lorenz ; S. Chao ; F. G. Asoro ; E. L. Heffner ; T. Hayashi ; H. Iwata ; K. P. Smith ; M. E. Sorrells ; J-L. Jannink |
Differences of Some Leguminous and Non-leguminous Crops in Utilization of Soil Phosphorus and Responses to Phosphate Fertilizers / S-X. Li ; Z-H. Wang ; B. A. Stewart |
The Role of Mineral Nutrition on Root Growth of Crop Plants / A. Moreira |
Physiology of Spikelet Development on the Rice Panicle: Is Manipulation of Apical Dominance Crucial for Grain Yield Improvement? / P. K. Mohapatra ; R. Panigrahi |
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli: The 20TH Century's Emerging Foodborne Pathogen A Review / Stelios Viazis ; Francisco Diez-Gonzalez |
Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Product Use on Agricultural Land / R. B. Clark ; R. F. Korcak ; R. J. Wright |
High temperature effects on rice growth, yield, and GRAIN quality / P. Krishnan¶ ; B. Ramakrishnan ; K. Raja Reddy ; V. R. Reddy |
Aerobic Rice Systems / Rajendra Prasad |
Drought Tolerance: Roles of Organic Osmolytes, Growth Regulators and Mineral Nutrients / M. Ashraf ; N. A. Akram ; F. Al-Qurainy ; M. R. Foolad |
Direct-Seeding Of Rice: Recent Developments And Future Research Needs / Virender Kumar ; Jagdish K. Ladha |
A review of quantitative tools for assessing the diffuse pollution response to farmer adaptations and mitigation methods under climate change / Anita Shepherd ; Lianhai Wu ; David Chadwick ; Roland Bol |
Nitrogen Dynamics and Indices to Predict Soil Nitrogen Supply in Humid Temperate Soils / Mervin St. Luce ; Joann K. Whalen ; Noura Ziadi ; Bernie J. Zebarth |
Biochar Application to Soil: Agronomic and Environmental Benefits and Unintended Consequences / R. S. Kookana ; A. K. Sarmah ; L. Van Zwieten ; E. Krull ; B. Singh |
Phytostabilization: A Green Approach To Contaminant Containment / Nanthi S. Bolan ; Jin Hee Park ; Brett Robinson ; Ravi Naidu ; Keun Young Huh |
Synergism: A Rotation Effect of Improved Growth Efficiency / Randy L. Anderson |
Quantifying Processes of Pedogenesis |
Irrigation Waters as a Source of Pathogenic Microorganisms in Produce: A Review |
Quo vadis Soil Organic Matter Research? - A Biological Link to the Chemistry of Humification |
Zeolites and Their Potential Uses in Agriculture |
Proximal Soil Sensing: A Spectrum of Possibilities |
The Role of Knowledge When Studying Innovation and the Associated Wicked Sustainability Problems in Agriculture |
Crop Yield Increase Under Water Limited Conditions: Review of Recent Physiological Advances in Soybean Genetic Improvement |
Maize Production in a Changing Climate: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies |
Environmental Chemistry of Silver in Soils: Current and Historic Perspectives |
Significance of Phosphorus for Agriculture and the Environment in the West Asia and North Africa Region |
Sensing Soil Properties in the Laboratory, in situ and on-line - A Review |
A Decision Support Framework for Effective Design and Placement of Vegetated Buffer Strips within Agricultural Field Systems |
Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) - A Novel Strategy to Regulate Nitrification in Agricultural Systems |
How Much Nutritional Iron Deficiency in Humans Globally is Due to an Underlying Zinc Deficiency? / R. D. Graham ; M. Knez ; R. M. Welch |
The Effects of Climate Change on the Mobilization of Diffuse Substances from Agricultural Systems / C. J. A. Macleod ; P. D. Falloon ; R. Evans |
Greenhouse Gas Mitigation with Agricultural Land Management Activities in the United States - A Side-by-side Comparison of Biophysical Potential / A. J. Eagle ; L. P. Olander |
The Role of Abiotic and Coupled Biotic/Abiotic Mineral Controlled Redox Processes in Nitrate Reduction / C. J. Matocha ; P. Dhakal ; S. M. Pyzola |
A Critical Review of the Influence of Wastewater Irrigation on the Transformation and Bioavailability of Heavy Metal(loid)s in Soil / S. Laurenson ; K. Mueller ; Won-Il Kim |
Development and Rapid Adoption of Submergence-Tolerant (Sub1) Rice Varieties / D. J. Mackill ; A. M. Ismail ; U. S. Singh ; R. V. Labios ; T. R. Paris |
Integrated Nutrient Management for Food Security and Environmental Quality in China / Z. Cui ; X. Chen ; X. Ju ; J. Shen ; Q. Chen ; X. Liu ; W. Zhang ; G. Mi ; M. Fan ; R. Jiang |
Effect of Climate Change Factors on Processes of Crop Growth and Development and Yield of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) / U. Kumar ; P. Singh ; K. J. Boote |
Agricultural Practices in Oil Palm Plantations and Their Impact on Hydrological Changes, Nutrient Fluxes and Water Quality in Indonesia: A Review / I. Comte ; F. Colin ; J. K. Whalen ; O. Grunberger ; J.-P. Caliman |
Pathways to Agroecological Intensification of Soil Management by Smallholder Farmers in the Andean Highlands / S. J. Fonte ; S. J. Vanek ; P. Oyarzun ; S. Parsa ; D. C. Quintero ; I. M. Rao ; P. Lavelle |
Rethinking Internal Phosphorus Utilization Efficiency (PUE): A New Approach is Needed to Improve PUE in Grain Crops / T. J. Rose ; M. Wissuwa |
Computer Simulation in Plant Breeding / X. Li ; C. Zhu ; J. Yu |
Mitigating Nonpoint Source Pollution in Agriculture with Constructed and Restored Wetlands / A. T. O'Geen ; R. Budd ; J. Gan ; J. J. Maynard ; S. J. Parikh ; R. A. Dahlgren |
Mitigating Pollution with Wetlands |
Suspended Sediment |
Pesticides |
Nitrogen(N) |
Phosphorus(P) |
Dissolved Organic Matter |
Trace Metals |
Pathogens |
Other Water-Quality Constituents |
Design and Management |
How the Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Azospirillum Promotes Plant Growth-A Critical Assessment / Yoav Bashan ; Luz E. de-Bashan |
Major Mechanisms |
Other Proposed Mechanisms |
Concluding Remarks and a Proposal |
Manufactured Nanoparticles and their Sorption of Organic Chemicals / Bo Pan ; Baoshan Xing |
Occurrence, Characterizations, Structures, Properties of Manufactured Nanoparticles |
Colloidal Behaviors of Manufactured Nanoparticles |
Adsorption Mechanism of Organic Chemicals on Manufactured Nanoparticles |
Manufactured Nanoparticle Sorption Properties as Affected by NOM |
Environmental Mobility of Organic Chemicals and Manufactured Nanoparticles as Affected by Adsorption |
Environmental Exposure and Risk of Organic Chemicals and Manufactured Nanoparticles as Affected by Adsorption |
Summary and Perspectives |
Restoring Soil Fertility in Sub-Sahara Africa / Bekunda Mateete ; Sanginga Nteranya ; Woomer Paul L. |
Fertility Status of SSA Soils |
Impact of Smallholder Farming on Soil Fertility |
Technologies for Mitigating Soil Fertility Degradation |
Continuing Concerns: External Controlling Factors |
Lessons Learned and Way Forward |
Carbon Sequestration in Agroforestry Systems / P. K. Ramachandran Nair ; Vimala D. Nair ; B. Mohan Kumar ; Julia M. Showalter |
Agroforestry |
Carbon Sequestration in Agroforestry Systems: Concepts and Mechanisms |
Carbon Sequestration in Agroforestry Systems: Measurements |
Carbon Sequestration in Agroforestry Systems: Management Considerations |
Climate Warming-Induced Intensification of the Hydrologic Cycle: An Assessment of the Published Record and Potential Impacts on Agriculture / Thomas G. Huntington |
Significance of an Intensification of the Hydrologic Cycle |
Trends in Hydrologic Variables |
Mount Pinatubo: The Natural Experiment in Aerosol Optical Depth |
Hydrologic Responses to Intensification-Extreme Events (Including Droughts) |
Potential Impacts on Agriculture |
Extent, Impact, and Response to Soil and Water Salinity in Arid and Semiarid Regions / Karuppan Sakadevan ; Minh-Long Nguyen |
Soil Salinity |
Water Salinity |
Responding to Soil and Water Salinity |
The African Green Revolution: Results from the Millennium Villages Project / Generose Nziguheba ; Cheryl A. Palm ; Tadesse Berhe ; Glenn Denning ; Ahmed Dicko ; Omar Diouf ; Willy Diru ; Rafael Flor ; Fred Frimpong ; Rebbie Harawa ; Bocary Kaya ; Elikana Manumbu ; John McArthur ; Patrick Mutuo ; Mbaye Ndiaye ; Amadou Niang ; Phelire Nkhoma ; Gerson Nyadzi ; Jeffrey Sachs ; Clare Sullivan ; Gebrekidan Teklu ; Lekan Tobe ; Pedro A. Sanchez |
Description of the Village Clusters |
Methodology |
Results |
Discussion and Way Forward |
Interactions Among Agricultural Production and Other Ecosystem Services Delivered from European Temperate Grassland Systems / Emma S. Pilgrim ; Christopher J. A. Macleod ; Martin S. A. Blackwell ; David V. Hogan ; David R. Chadwick ; Laura Cardenas ; Tom H. Misselbrook ; Philip M. Haygarth ; Richard E. Brazier ; Phil Hobbs ; Chris Hodgson ; Steve Jarvis ; Jennifer Dungait ; Phil J. Murray ; Les G. Firbank |
Methods |
Interpreting the Interactions |
Future Perspectives |
Halting the Groundwater Decline in North-West India-Which Crop Technologies will be Winners? / E. Humphreys ; S. S. Kukal ; E. W. Christen ; G. S. Hira ; Balwinder-Singh ; Sudhir-Yadav ; R. K. Sharma |
The Hydrogeology and Development of Irrigation in North-West India |
Water Sources, Sinks, Depletion, and Savings |
Effects of Improved Technologies on Yield, the Nature and Amount of Water Savings, and Water Productivity |
General Discussion |
Acknowledgements |
Biological Control of Insect Pests in Agroecosystems: Effects of Crop Management, Farming Systems, and Seminatural Habitats at the Landscape Scale: A Review / Adrien Rusch ; Muriel Valantin-Morison ; Jean-Pierre Sarthou ; Jean Roger-Estrade |
Arthropod Dynamics and Trophic Interactions within the Agricultural Landscape |
The Role of Seminatural Habitats on Pest and Natural Enemy Populations |
Natural Enemy Biodiversity and Insect Pest Suppression |
Effects of Crop Management on Pests and their Natural Enemies |
General Effects of Farming Systems on Natural Enemy Biodiversity, Pests, and Subsequent Biological Control |
Integrating Farming Systems, Crop Management and Landscape Context to Understand Biological Control Mechanisms |
Radiation Hybrid (RH) Mapping in Crop Plants |
Impact of Pesticides on Soil Microbial Diversity |
Enzymes and Biochemical Reactions |
Informatics in Agricultural Research for Development Biomedical Agriculture |
A Systematic Approach to Food Crop Improvement for Chronic Disease |
Prevention Regional Vulnerability of Climate |
Change Impacts on Asian Rice Production and Scope for Adaptation |
Soil Sulphur Cycling in Temperate Agricultural Systems |
Recent Developments of Fertilizer Production and Use to Improve Nutrient Efficiency and Minimize Environmental Impacts |
Effects on Crop Production, and Nutrient and Water |
Use Efficiency in Dryland Areas of China |
Strategies for Producing More Rice with Less |
Water Legume-Wheat Rotation Effects on Residual |
Soil Moisture, Nitrogen and Wheat Yield in Tropical |
Regions Soil Organic Matter: Its Importance in Sustainable |
Agriculture and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes |
Informatics in Agricultural Research for Development |
The Agronomy and Economy of Some Important Industrial Crops |
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug: Twentieth Century Lessons for the Twenty-First Century World / Kenneth M. Quinn |
Iowa Roots |
Minnesota and a Focus on Plant Pathology and Wheat |
Confronting Poverty in Mexico |
India, Pakistan, and the Green Revolution |
The Impact in Asia |
The Nobel Peace Prize |
Bringing the Green Revolution to Africa |
The World Food Prize |
Inspiring the Leaders of Tomorrow |
A Lasting Global Legacy |
Extraordinary Recognition for a Humble Man |
Contaminants as Tracers for Studying Dynamics of Soil Formation: Mining an Ocean of Opportunities / Jonatan Klaminder ; Kyungsoo Yoo |
Outlining the Quest for New Tracers of Soil Formation |
Atmospherically Derived Lead and SCPs: Tracers of What? |
Constraining Mass Fluxes Involved in Geochemical Evolution of Soils |
Lead and SCP as a Tracer of Organic Matter Dynamics |
Epigenetics: The Second Genetic Code / Nathan M. Springer ; Shawn M. Kaeppler |
Molecular Mechanisms of Epigenetic Inheritance |
Epigenetic Phenomena in Plants |
Epigenetic Inheritance and Crop Improvement |
Microbial Distribution in Soils: Physics and Scaling / I. M. Young ; J. W. Crawford ; N. Nunan ; W. Otten ; A. Spiers |
Soil as a Habitat |
What Characteristics of Structure Matter and Why? |
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Microbes |
Habitat-Biofilm Interactions |
Habitat-Microbe Interactions |
Future |
Nanoscale Particles and Processes: A New Dimension in Soil Science / Patricia A. Maurice ; Michael F. Hochella |
Nanoscience as a Key Element of Soil Science |
Nanoparticles and Nanominerals |
Nanoparticles in Soils |
Some Nano-scale Techniques for Soils Applications |
The Unique World of the Nanoparticle |
Why Nanoparticles Behave Differently |
Nanoparticle Stability: Size and More than Size Matter |
Nanoparticle Mobility in Soils and Sediments |
Nanoparticle Effects on Pollutant Transport and Bioavailability |
Nanoparticle Toxicity in Soil Environments |
The Special Role of the Soil Sciences in Environmental Nanoscience |
Combining Biomarker with Stable Isotope Analyses for Assessing the Transformation and Turnover Soil Organic Matter / W. Amelung ; S. Brodowski ; A. Sandhage-Hofmann ; R. Bol |
Major Biomarkers |
Using Carbon Isotopes in SOM Studies |
Biomarker Specific Stable Isotope Analyses |
Conclusions and Perspectives |
preface |
Clearing the Air: Livestock's Contribution to Climate Change / Maurice E. Pitesky ; Kimberly R. Stackhouse ; Frank M. Mitloehner |
Life Cycle Assessment |
Effects of Agriculture on Climate Change |
Livestock Types and Production nSystems |
Enteric Fermentation |
Animal Manure |
Livestock Related Land-Use Changes |
Livestock Induced Desertification |
Release from Cultivated Soil |
10Carbon Emissions from Feed Production |
11On-Farm Fossil Fuel Use: Diesel and Electricity |
12Postharvest: C02 from Livestock Processing |
13Conclusions |
Improvement of Drought Resistance in Rice / R. Serraj ; A. Kumar ; K. L. McNally ; I. Siamet-Loedin ; R. Bruskiewich ; R. Mauleon ; J. Cairns |
Drought Characterization |
Rice Responses to Drought |
Concepts and Tools for Phenotyping |
Conventional Breeding |
Drought-Resistance Genes and GM Technology |
Conclusions and Future Prospects |
Problems, Challenges, and Strategic Options of Grain Securityin China / Minghua Zhang ; Yan Cai |
Connotation of Grain Security in China |
Development Stages of Grain Production in China |
Achievements and Experiences of Grain Production in China |
Problems and Challenges of Grain Security in China |
Strategy Options and Countermeasures for Grain Security in China |
Case Studies |
Weed Management in Rice-Based Cropping Systems in Africa / J. Rodenburg ; D. E. Johnson |
Weed Species in Rice in Africa |
Weed Management Practices In African Rice-Based Cropping Systems |
Emerging Weed Problems and Weed Management Issues |
A Strategic Vision for Weed Management and Research in African RiceProduction Systems |
Advances in Assessing Bioavailability of Metal(Loid)s in Contaminated Soils / Kirk G. Scheckel ; Rufus L. Chaney ; Nicholas T. Basta ; James A. Ryan |
Metal Risks in Soil |
Biological Metal Uptake |
Metal Extractability to Predict Availability |
Metal Chemistry |
Understanding Metal Bioavailability, Bioaccessibility, and Speciation |
Nitrogen in Rainfed and Irrigated Cropping Systems in the Mediterranean Region / John Ryan ; Hayriye Ibrikci ; Rolf Sommer ; Ann McNeill |
Mediterranean Agroecosystems |
Perspective on Nitrogen in Agriculture |
Fertilizer use Trends in the Mediterranean Region |
Response of Rainfed Crops to Nitrogen Fertilizer |
Assessing Soil Nitrogen Status for Crop Yields |
Nitrogen Fixation Under Mediterranean Dryland Conditions |
Potential Losses of Nitrogen in Dryland Cropping |
Integrated Cropping Systems: Implications for Nitrogen |
Nitrogen in Supplemental Irrigation Systems |
Nitrogen Tracer use in Rainfed Cropping Systems |
Modeling of Nitrogen in Rainfed Cropping Systems |
Future Perspective |
Biogeochemical Processes Controlling the Fate and Transport of Arsenic: Implications for South and Southeast Asia / Scott Fendorf ; Benjamin D. Kocar |
Arsenic Aqueous Chemistry |
Arsenic Surface and Solid Phases |
Desorption of Arsenic in Soils and Sediments |
Biogeochemical Processes |
Processes Controlling Arsenic Concentrations in South(east) Asia |
Inorganic and Organic Constituents and Contaminants of Biosolids: Implications for Land Application / R. J. Haynes ; G. Murtaza |
Sewage Treatment Processes |
Composition of Biosolids |
Nutrient Content and Release |
Heavy Metal Contaminants |
Organic Contaminants |
Synthesis and Conclusions |
Are Biofuels Antithetic to Long-Term Sustainability of Soil and Water Resources? / W. A. Payne |
Some History |
An Overview of Biofuels |
Sustainability Issues |
A Review of Biochar and Its Use and Function in Soil / S. P. Sohi ; E. Lopez-Capel |
Characterization of Biochar |
Biochar Application in Agriculture |
Research Priorities and Future Challenges |
Towards a Holistic Classification of Diffuse Agricultural Water Pollution from Intensively Managed Grasslands on Heavy Soils / S. J. Granger ; S. Anthony ; P. N. Owens ; S. M. White |
Defining a Conceptual Framework |
The Assignment of Pollutants in the Conceptual Framework |
Identifying Potential Pollutant SMD Scenarios |
Summary and Future Research |
A New GIS Nitrogen Trading Tool Concept for Conservation and Reduction of Reactive Nitrogen Losses to the Environment / J. A. Delgado ; C. M. Gross ; H. Lal ; H. Cover ; P. Gagliardi ; S. P. McKinney ; E. Hesketh ; M. J. Shaffer |
Understanding the Nitrogen Cycle with Respect to Nitrogen Management and Trading |
New Technologies |
Case Scenarios: GIS Trading Tool Concept Evaluations |
Variability in Harvest Index of Grain Crops and Potential Significance for Carbon Accounting: Examples from Australian Agriculture / Murray Unkovich ; Jeff Baldock ; Matthew Forbes |
Determinants of Harvest Index |
A Database of Crop Dry Matter, Grain Yields, and Harvest Indices |
Dry Matter, Grain Yield, and Harvest Index Values for Crops |
Crop Harvest Indices and C Accounting |
The Role of Seed Ecology in Improving Weed Management Strategies in the Tropics / Bhagirath S. Chauhan ; David E. Johnson |
Challenges for Weed Management in the Tropics |
Role of Seed Ecology in Determining Weed Populations |
Responses of Weed Seed Germination to Light |
Responses of Weed Seed Germination to Seed Scarification and Fire |
Responses of Weed Seed Germination to Seed Burial Depth, Tillage, and Surface Mulches |
Responses of Weed Seed Germination to Stresses |
Harnessing Knowledge of Seed Ecology for Novel Improved Weed Management Strategies |
Phosphorus Solubilization and Potential Transfer to Surface Waters from the Soil Microbial Biomass Following Drying-Rewetting and Freezing-Thawing / M. S. A. Blackwell ; P. C. Brookes ; N. de la Fuente-Martinez ; H. Gordon ; P. J. Murray ; K. E. Snars ; J. K. Williams |
Factors Affecting Solubilization of Phosphorus from the Soil Microbial Biomass |
Factors Controlling Transfer to Surface Waters |
Uncertainties |
The Significance of Changing Climate and Soil Management |
Conclusions and Future Work |
Improving Productivity of Crops in Water-Limited Environments / J. B. Passioura ; J. F. Angus |
Water-Limited Potential Yield |
Water as a Limiting Resource: An Analytical and Diagnostic Framework |
Water Balance and Transpiration |
Transpiration Efficiency |
HI: Converting Biomass into Grain |
Yield Improvement by Management |
Concluding Comments |
Advances in Understanding the Molecular Structure of Soil Organic Matter: Implications for Interactions in the Environment / Markus Kleber ; Mark G. Johnson |
Soil Is an Aqueous System |
Evolution of SOM Concepts |
The "Humic Dilemma" as an Element of Contemporary SOM Concepts |
Reconciliation of Four Centuries of SOM Research |
Outlook for the Future |
Implications of the Knowledge Paradox for Soil Science / Johan Bouma |
Mode-1 Versus Mode-2 Research |
How to Define "Niches" for Soil Science When Studying the Big Environmental Issues of Today |
Studying the Seven Soil Functions |
How to Better Interact with Stakeholders and Policy Makers |
The Internal Issue: How to Become an Effective Community of Scientific Practice? |
Grassland Fire Management in Future Climate / A. L. Sullivan |
Fire Behavior in Grasslands |
Fire Spread Prediction in Australian Grasslands |
Impacts of Climate Change on Fire Spread Prediction |
Implications for Grassland Fire Management |
Conclusion |
Rhizosphere Processes and Management for Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency and Crop Productivity: Implications for China / Fusuo Zhang ; Jianbo Shen ; Junling Zhang ; Yuanmei Zuo ; Long Li ; Xinping Chen |
Rhizosphere Processes and Nutrient Bioavailability |
Rhizosphere Management for Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency and Crop Productivity |
Terrestrial Nanoparticles and Their Controls on Soil-/Geo-Processes and Reactions / Nikolla P. Qafoku |
Size-Dependent Properties |
Nanoparticles Occurrence in Soils |
Nanoparticle Behavior in Soils |
Nanoparticle Toxicity |
Future Research Directions |
Mitigating Allergenicity of Crops / Peggy Ozias-Akins ; Ye Chu ; Joseph Knoll ; Anjanabha Bhattacharya |
Methods to Alter Allergen Content of Crops |
The Potential for California Agricultural Crop Soils to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Holistic Evaluation / Emma C. Suddick ; Kate M. Scow ; William R. Horwath ; Louise E. Jackson ; David R. Smart ; Jeffery Mitchell ; Johan Six |
Basic Concepts of Carbon Sequestration |
Land Conversion and the Effect on Carbon Sequestration |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Modeling and Future Predictions for California Agriculture |
Cobenefits of Alternative/Carbon-Friendly Agricultural Practices |
Research Challenges and Recommendations |
Conclusion: The Potential for California Agriculture to Sequester Carbon |
Visible and Near Infrared Spectroscopy in Soil Science / Bo Stenberg ; Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel ; Abdul Mounem Mouazen ; Johanna Wetterlind |
Past and Current Role of vis-NIR in Soil Analysis |
Factors Influencing the Performance and Generality of vis-NIR Calibrations |
Field Analyses |
Strategies for Practical Use of vis-NIR Spectroscopy for Soil Analysis |
General and Future Aspects |
Agronomic and Ecological Implications of Biofuels / Catherine Bonin ; Rattan Lal |
Food Safety Issues for Mineral and Organic Fertilizers |
Mechanisms of Nickel Uptake and Hyperaccumulation by Plants and Implications for Soil Remediation / Shanying He ; Zhenli He ; Xiaoe Yang ; Virupax C Baligar |
Conservation Agriculture in the Semi-Arid Tropics: Prospects and Problems / Ram A. Jat ; Suhas P. Wani ; Kanwar L. Sahrawat |
Green and Brown Manures in Dryland Wheat Production Systems in Mediterranean-Type Environments / M. M. Roper ; S. P. Milroy ; M. L. Poole |
Productivity and Sustainability of the Rice-Wheat Cropping System in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of the Indian Subcontinent: Problems, Opportunities, and Strategies / Gulshan Mahajan ; Virender Sardana ; Jagadish Timsina ; Mangi L. Jat |
Management-Induced Changes to Soil Organic Carbon in China: A Meta-analysis / Xin Zhao ; Ran Zhang ; Jian-Fu Xue ; Chao Pu ; Xiang-Qian Zhang ; Sheng-Li Liu ; Fu Chen ; Rattan Lai ; Hai-Lin Zhang |
List of Abbreviations |
Materials and Methods |
Discussion |
The References of 83 Publications were Extracted for this Meta-analysis / Appendix A: |
Basic Information of the Compiled Studies / Appendix B: |
Relationship between Relative Change of Applied Amount of Manure and Relative Change of SOC Concentration (Solid Black Spots) and Stock (Hollow White Spots) / Appendix C: |
Advances and Perspectives to Improve the Phosphorus Availability in Cropping Systems for Agroecological Phosphorus Management / Michel-Pierre Faucon ; David Houben ; Jean-Paul Reynoird ; Anne-Maïmiti Mercadal-Dulaurent ; Romain Armand ; Hans Lambers |
Use of Renewable Resources Improving Phosphorus Availability Without Compromising Finite Mineral Resources |
Efficiency of Multispecies Cropping Systems on Phosphorus Availability |
Genetic Traits of Plant-Microorganisms Relationships involved in the Tolerance of Low-P Soils and Plant Breeding |
Using Functional Traits to Assess the Services Provided by Cover Plants: A Review of Potentialities in Banana Cropping Systems / Gaëlle Damour ; Eric Gamier ; Marie Laure Navas ; Marc Dorel ; Jean-Michel Risède |
Semiperennial Cropping Systems Including Cover Plants: The Case of Banana Cropping Systems |
Effect Traits of Cover Plants Associated to the Main Services Targeted in a Banana Cropping System |
From Plant Traits to Services in Agrosystems |
Appendix: Complementary Indications on Measurement Methods of a Few Markers Proposed to Assess the AgrosysTem Processes |
Soil Biogeochemistry, Plant Physiology, and Phytoremediation of Cadmium-Contaminated Soils / Peter J. Stoffella ; Virupax C. Baligar |
Soil Biogeochemistry of Cd |
Plant Physiology of Cd Toxicity |
Cd Hyperaccumulator Plants |
Phytoremediation of Cd-Contaminated Soils |
Concluding Remarks and Future Research |
Bacterial Diseases of Crops: Elucidation of the Factors that Lead to Differences Between Field and Experimental Infections / Jay Ram Lamichhane |
Presence of Inter-and Intraspecies Bacterial Cooperation |
Frequent Climatic, Edaphic, and Nutrient Stresses |
Existence of Biotic and Abiotic Associations that Lead to Complex Disease Phenomena |
Occurrence of Simultaneous Biotic Stresses |
Higher Availability of Ports of Entry and Putative Infected Sites |
Difference in the Growth Stage of Plant Materials Infected |
Functional Relationships of Soil Acidification, Liming, and Greenhouse Gas Flux / R. Thangarajan ; Y. Xu ; S. Mandal ; D. B. Gleeson ; B. Seshadri ; M. Zaman ; L. Barton ; J. Luo ; R. Dalai ; W. Ding ; M. B. Kirkham |
Soil acidification and liming |
Liming and greenhouse gas emission |
Conclusions and future research needs |
Ideotype Root System Architecture for Maize to Achieve High Yield and Resource Use Efficiency in Intensive Cropping Systems / F. Chen ; L. Yuan |
Root system and root system architecture of maize |
Root system architecture for efficient N acquisition |
Root system architecture for efficient P acquisition |
Root system architecture for efficient water acquisition |
Root system architecture for high plant density and root-lodging resistance |
Root anatomical structure and the cost for root system establishment |
Models of the ideotype root system architecture for maize in the intensive cropping systems |
Environmental Impact of Organic Agriculture / K. Lorenz |
Current State of Organic Agriculture |
Effects of Organic Agriculture on Soil Carbon Stocks |
Soil-Derived Greenhouse Gas Fluxes Under Organic Agriculture |
Effects of Organic Agriculture on Yield |
Implications of Organic Agriculture for the Environment |
Monitoring and Modeling Soil Change: The Influence of Human Activity and Climatic Shifts on Aspects of Soil Spatiotemporally / P. Filippi ; B. Minasny ; S.R. Cattle ; T.F.A. Bishop |
Soil Properties Most Susceptible to Anthropogenic Activity and Climate Change |
Methods of Measuring and Monitoring Soil Change |
Challenges in Monitoring Soil Change |
Modeling Soil Change Into the Future |
Conclusions and Future Research Needs |
Agronomic Effectiveness of Zinc Sources as Micronutrient Fertilizer / D. Montalvo ; F. Degryse ; R. C. da Silva ; R. Baird ; M. J. McLaughlin |
Importance of Zn for Plants and Humans |
Sources of Zn for Fertilizer Production |
Types of Zn Fertilizers |
Chemical Reactions of Zn Fertilizers |
Extraction Methods to Estimate Zn Fertilizer Effectiveness |
Agronomic Effectiveness of Zn Fertilizers |
New Technologies to Improve Zn Fertilizer Efficiency |
Conclusions and Future Needs |