Advances in Agronomy, Volume 188, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, each written by an international board of authors.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 3 2. 2 Past history of relations between soil and human health - p. 4 3. 3 Therapeutic uses of soil - p. 19 4. 4 Trace elements - p. 26 5. 5 Soil microbiology - p. 39 6. 6 Soil pollution - p. 49 7. 7 History of the analysis of soil and human health data - p. 65 8. 8 Looking to the future - p. 75 9. 9 Concluding comments - p. 78 10. References - p. 79 11. Web sites - p. 98 12. Chapter Two: Potential of Indian agriculture for capturing atmospheric CO2 and monetizing carbon credits to the farmers: An overview and policy framework - p. 140 13. Abstract - p. 102 14. 1 Introduction - p. 103 15. 2 The carbon credit program in India - p. 106 16. 3 Field-level issues and carbon management strategies to achieve carbon credit program - p. 108 17. 4 Agronomic and innovative technological advances for carbon farming - p. 120 18. 5 Crop diversification to enhance carbon sink in cropping systems - p. 121 19. 6 Technological approaches to improve inputs use efficiency and reduce carbon footprints - p. 122 20. 7 Enhancing energy and water use efficiency to reduce footprints - p. 128 21. 8 Methodological approaches for calculating carbon credits from soil - p. 129 22. 9 Methodological approaches for calculating carbon credits from various agroecosystems - p. 133 23. 10 Need to implement government schemes to provide carbon incentives to farmers - p. 147 24. 11 Role of the industrial sector in purchasing the carbon credit from the farmers - p. 150 25. 12 Modus operandi of carbon credit programs for farmers - p. 152 26. 13 Monetising carbon credits for farmers’ benefit - p. 156 27. 14 Challenges and solutions of carbon farming-based carbon credits - p. 165 28. 15 Private sector contributions to carbon credit initiatives in Indian agriculture - p. 179 29. 16 Roadmap for enhancing the carbon credits in Indian farming - p. 178 30. 17 Policy framework - p. 182 31. 18 Future perspective - p. 190 32. 19 Conclusions - p. 193 33. Acknowledgments - p. 192 34. References - p. 192 35. Chapter Three: Crop diversification in rainfed lowland rice ecosystems in tropical Asia - p. 207 36. Chapter Four: Plant stress phenotyping: Current status and future prospects - p. 250 37. Chapter Five: The expanding field of pedology - p. 342 38. Chapter Six: Linking structure and functions in agricultural soils - p. 363 39. Chapter Seven: The supramolecular structure of the soil humeome and the significance of humification - p. 405 40. Index - p. 455
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 188, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, each written by an international board of authors.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 3 2. 2 Past history of relations between soil and human health - p. 4 3. 3 Therapeutic uses of soil - p. 19 4. 4 Trace elements - p. 26 5. 5 Soil microbiology - p. 39 6. 6 Soil pollution - p. 49 7. 7 History of the analysis of soil and human health data - p. 65 8. 8 Looking to the future - p. 75 9. 9 Concluding comments - p. 78 10. References - p. 79 11. Web sites - p. 98 12. Chapter Two: Potential of Indian agriculture for capturing atmospheric CO2 and monetizing carbon credits to the farmers: An overview and policy framework - p. 140 13. Abstract - p. 102 14. 1 Introduction - p. 103 15. 2 The carbon credit program in India - p. 106 16. 3 Field-level issues and carbon management strategies to achieve carbon credit program - p. 108 17. 4 Agronomic and innovative technological advances for carbon farming - p. 120 18. 5 Crop diversification to enhance carbon sink in cropping systems - p. 121 19. 6 Technological approaches to improve inputs use efficiency and reduce carbon footprints - p. 122 20. 7 Enhancing energy and water use efficiency to reduce footprints - p. 128 21. 8 Methodological approaches for calculating carbon credits from soil - p. 129 22. 9 Methodological approaches for calculating carbon credits from various agroecosystems - p. 133 23. 10 Need to implement government schemes to provide carbon incentives to farmers - p. 147 24. 11 Role of the industrial sector in purchasing the carbon credit from the farmers - p. 150 25. 12 Modus operandi of carbon credit programs for farmers - p. 152 26. 13 Monetising carbon credits for farmers’ benefit - p. 156 27. 14 Challenges and solutions of carbon farming-based carbon credits - p. 165 28. 15 Private sector contributions to carbon credit initiatives in Indian agriculture - p. 179 29. 16 Roadmap for enhancing the carbon credits in Indian farming - p. 178 30. 17 Policy framework - p. 182 31. 18 Future perspective - p. 190 32. 19 Conclusions - p. 193 33. Acknowledgments - p. 192 34. References - p. 192 35. Chapter Three: Crop diversification in rainfed lowland rice ecosystems in tropical Asia - p. 207 36. Chapter Four: Plant stress phenotyping: Current status and future prospects - p. 250 37. Chapter Five: The expanding field of pedology - p. 342 38. Chapter Six: Linking structure and functions in agricultural soils - p. 363 39. Chapter Seven: The supramolecular structure of the soil humeome and the significance of humification - p. 405 40. Index - p. 455
