Advances in Agronomy, Volume 193, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates that highlight new advances in the field, each written by an international board of authors.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 3 2. 2 History of the development of ASD - p. 5 3. 3 Efficacy of ASD on plant pests - p. 9 4. 4 Pest suppressive mechanisms of ASD - p. 29 5. 5 Factors affecting ASD’s efficacy - p. 36 6. 6 Integrating ASD with other non-fumigant approaches - p. 44 7. 7 Commercial scale adoption and economics of ASD - p. 48 8. 8 Limitations and barriers for adoption of ASD - p. 55 9. 9 Environmental impacts of ASD - p. 57 10. 10 ASD’s impact on human pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes - p. 59 11. 11 Conclusions - p. 59 12. Acknowledgement - p. 61 13. References - p. 61 14. Chapter Two: Clay-based carbon stabilisation of organic amendments for enhanced soil organic carbon sequestration in agricultural soils - p. 79 15. Chapter Three: Challenges and promising opportunities for biostimulants application in sustainable agriculture - p. 147 16. Abstract - p. 148 17. Abbreviations - p. 148 18. 1 Introduction - p. 149 19. 2 Biostimulants in agriculture: Concepts and principal sources - p. 151 20. 3 Expanding the range of beneficial effects achievable through biostimulants - p. 184 21. 4 Resilience to stresses under climate change scenarios - p. 190 22. 5 Concluding remarks - p. 203 23. Acknowledgments - p. 204 24. References - p. 204 25. Chapter Four: From concept to crop: Kernza perennial grain is a work in progress - p. 227 26. Chapter Five: Optimizing root phenes for efficient soil resource acquisition and adaptation to drought and nutrient stress - p. 293 27. Index - p. 353
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 193, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates that highlight new advances in the field, each written by an international board of authors.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 3 2. 2 History of the development of ASD - p. 5 3. 3 Efficacy of ASD on plant pests - p. 9 4. 4 Pest suppressive mechanisms of ASD - p. 29 5. 5 Factors affecting ASD’s efficacy - p. 36 6. 6 Integrating ASD with other non-fumigant approaches - p. 44 7. 7 Commercial scale adoption and economics of ASD - p. 48 8. 8 Limitations and barriers for adoption of ASD - p. 55 9. 9 Environmental impacts of ASD - p. 57 10. 10 ASD’s impact on human pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes - p. 59 11. 11 Conclusions - p. 59 12. Acknowledgement - p. 61 13. References - p. 61 14. Chapter Two: Clay-based carbon stabilisation of organic amendments for enhanced soil organic carbon sequestration in agricultural soils - p. 79 15. Chapter Three: Challenges and promising opportunities for biostimulants application in sustainable agriculture - p. 147 16. Abstract - p. 148 17. Abbreviations - p. 148 18. 1 Introduction - p. 149 19. 2 Biostimulants in agriculture: Concepts and principal sources - p. 151 20. 3 Expanding the range of beneficial effects achievable through biostimulants - p. 184 21. 4 Resilience to stresses under climate change scenarios - p. 190 22. 5 Concluding remarks - p. 203 23. Acknowledgments - p. 204 24. References - p. 204 25. Chapter Four: From concept to crop: Kernza perennial grain is a work in progress - p. 227 26. Chapter Five: Optimizing root phenes for efficient soil resource acquisition and adaptation to drought and nutrient stress - p. 293 27. Index - p. 353
