Advances in agronomy. Volume 82 by Sparks, Donald L., 1953- instant download

Advances in agronomy. Volume 82 by Sparks, Donald L., 1953- instant download

1 online resource (xv, 635 pages) :, 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, Includes bibliographical references and index, Print version record, Front Cover; Advanced in Agronomy; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Forces Between Minerals and Biological Surfaces in Aqueous Solution; I. Introduction -- Forces in Nature; II. Fundamental Forces at the Interface of Biological Particles and Inorganic Surfaces; III. Force Curve Theory and Collecting Force Data; IV. Forces at the Biomolecule-Mineral Interface; V. Forces at the Bacterium-Mineral Interface; VI. Future Work; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. Rice Functional Genomics: Large-Scale Gene Discovery and Application to Crop Improvement; I. Introduction, II. Rice as a Model Genetic SystemIII. Rice Genome; IV. Key Ingredients for Gene Discovery in Rice; V. Forward and Reverse Genetics; VI. Functional Validation of Rice Genes; VII. Applications to Crop Improvement; VIII. International Collaboration and the Role; IX. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3. The Nature,Properties and Managment of Volcanic Soils; I. Introduction; II.…