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Digital Soil Assessments and Beyond: Proceedings of the 5th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping 2012, Sydney, Australia
Published:
July 24, 2012
Editor(s):
Budiman Minasny; Brendan P. Malone; Alex B. McBratney
Digital soil assessments and beyond contains papers presented at the 5th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping, held 10-13 April 2012 at the University of Sydney, Australia. The contributions demonstrate the latest developments in digital soil mapping as a discipline with a special focus on the …
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The Role of Plant Roots in Crop Production
Published:
July 23, 2012
Author(s):
Nand Kumar Fageria
The Role of Plant Roots in Crop Production presents the state of knowledge on environmental factors in root growth and development and their effect on the improvement of the yield of annual crops. This book addresses the role of roots in crop production and includes references to numerous annual …
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Maize Agroecosystem: Nutrient Dynamics and Productivity
Published:
July 19, 2012
Author(s):
K. R. Krishna
Maize is among the most widely spread and widely used crops of the world, used for cereals for over 4 billion humans, as food for farm animals, and as a source material for biofuel production. Yet there are relatively few books on the cropping system of this important crop. This book, Maize …
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Management of Drip/Trickle or Micro Irrigation
Published:
July 19, 2012
Author(s):
Megh R. Goyal
This important book—the only complete, one-stop manual on microirrigation worldwide--offers knowledge and techniques necessary to develop and manage a drip/trickle or micro irrigation system. The simplicity of the contents facilitates a technician to develop an effective micro irrigation system. …
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Microbial Ecology in Sustainable Agroecosystems
Published:
July 17, 2012
Editor(s):
Tanya E. Cheeke; David C. Coleman; Diana H. Wall
While soil ecologists continue to be on the forefront of research on biodiversity and ecosystem function, there are few interdisciplinary studies that incorporate ecological knowledge into sustainable land management practices. Conventional, high fossil-fuel input-based agricultural systems can …
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Soil Water and Agronomic Productivity
Published:
June 19, 2012
Editor(s):
Rattan Lal; B.A. Stewart
Crop water use can be increased by management of surface runoff, groundwater, irrigation, and soil water. Technological innovations to enhance availability of water for agricultural crops depend on soil and site-specific conditions. Devoted to the principles and practices of enhancing water use …
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Wildlife Science: Connecting Research with Management
Published:
May 29, 2012
Editor(s):
Joseph P. Sands; Stephen J. DeMaso; Matthew J. Schnupp; Leonard A. Brennan
Despite the potential synergy that can result from basing management applications on results from research, there is a polarization of cultures between wildlife managers and wildlife researchers. Wildlife Science: Connecting Research with Management provides strategies for bridging cultural and …
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Handbook of Tropical Residual Soils Engineering
Published:
May 24, 2012
Editor(s):
Bujang B.K. Huat; David G. Toll; Arun Prasad
Residual soils are found in many parts of the world. Like other soils, they are used extensively in construction, either to build upon, or as construction material. They are formed when the rate of rock weathering is more rapid than transportation of the weathered particles by e.g., water, gravity …
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Rainwater Harvesting for Agriculture in the Dry Areas
Published:
May 21, 2012
Author(s):
Theib Y. Oweis; Dieter Prinz; Ahmed Y. Hachum
Dry areas suffer not only from limited rainfall but also ‘natural leakage’ - 90% of rainwater is lost directly or indirectly, and is unavailable for agriculture or domestic use. Water harvesting is a low-cost, easy-to-use, environmentally-friendly way to recover a large part of this lost water. How …
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Agrometeorology in Extreme Events and Natural Disasters
Published:
May 10, 2012
Author(s):
H.P. Das
Despite the current technological advancement, agriculture is still a vital source of livelihood. It is essentially dependent on weather and climate, and adversely affected by extreme events in this respect. Over the past few decades, extreme events such as droughts, floods, storms, tropical …
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