Advances in Agronomy, Volume 185, 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. 2 2. 2 Classes or types of IAS and their spatial distributions - p. 14 3. 3 The nexus between IAS and soil - p. 13 4. 4 Aboveground components (flora and fauna) - p. 28 5. 5 Atmosphere - p. 40 6. 6 Socioeconomics and sustainability - p. 41 7. 7 Conclusion: Implications, prospects, and way forward - p. 51 8. Acknowledgments - p. 52 9. References - p. 52 10. Chapter Two: The importance of understanding soil-water relationships in marginal rainfed cropping areas - p. 79 11. Chapter Three: Flowers strips and herbal living mulch as an innovative approach to the design of farming systems for sustainable crop production - p. 119 12. Chapter Four: A critical review of soil phosphorus dynamics and biogeochemical processes for unlocking soil phosphorus reserves - p. 176 13. Abstract - p. 154 14. Abbreviations - p. 155 15. 1 Introduction - p. 155 16. 2 Sources of phosphorus input - p. 159 17. 3 Phosphorus loading in soils - p. 181 18. 4 Transformation of phosphorus in soils - p. 180 19. 5 Processes of unlocking soil phosphorus reserves - p. 199 20. 6 Amendments for unlocking soil phosphorus reserves - p. 215 21. 7 Conclusions and recommendations for future research - p. 221 22. Acknowledgments - p. 222 23. References - p. 222 24. Chapter Five: What do electromagnetic sensors measure in soil surveys? - p. 251 25. Index - p. 268
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 185, 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. 2 2. 2 Classes or types of IAS and their spatial distributions - p. 14 3. 3 The nexus between IAS and soil - p. 13 4. 4 Aboveground components (flora and fauna) - p. 28 5. 5 Atmosphere - p. 40 6. 6 Socioeconomics and sustainability - p. 41 7. 7 Conclusion: Implications, prospects, and way forward - p. 51 8. Acknowledgments - p. 52 9. References - p. 52 10. Chapter Two: The importance of understanding soil-water relationships in marginal rainfed cropping areas - p. 79 11. Chapter Three: Flowers strips and herbal living mulch as an innovative approach to the design of farming systems for sustainable crop production - p. 119 12. Chapter Four: A critical review of soil phosphorus dynamics and biogeochemical processes for unlocking soil phosphorus reserves - p. 176 13. Abstract - p. 154 14. Abbreviations - p. 155 15. 1 Introduction - p. 155 16. 2 Sources of phosphorus input - p. 159 17. 3 Phosphorus loading in soils - p. 181 18. 4 Transformation of phosphorus in soils - p. 180 19. 5 Processes of unlocking soil phosphorus reserves - p. 199 20. 6 Amendments for unlocking soil phosphorus reserves - p. 215 21. 7 Conclusions and recommendations for future research - p. 221 22. Acknowledgments - p. 222 23. References - p. 222 24. Chapter Five: What do electromagnetic sensors measure in soil surveys? - p. 251 25. Index - p. 268
