Advances in Agronomy, Volume 187, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each written by an international board of authors.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 63 2. 2 Data sources and analysis - p. 70 3. 3 Urban ecosystems and soil attributes - p. 73 4. 4 Sampling approaches - p. 87 5. 5 Study size - p. 95 6. 6 Sampling depth - p. 96 7. 7 Composite sampling - p. 101 8. 8 Sampling and laboratory tools - p. 105 9. 9 Mapping - p. 108 10. 10 Discussion - p. 112 11. 11 Conclusion - p. 119 12. Acknowledgments - p. 120 13. References - p. 120 14. Chapter Three Sorghum and pearl millet as sustainable alternative forage options for water limited environments: Opportunities and challenges - p. 137 15. Chapter Four Exploring the challenges arising from soil management in no-till conservation agriculture - p. 194 16. Chapter Five Interaction of phosphorus supply and water deficits on the yield, protein and oil content, and nitrogen fixation of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) - p. 211 17. Chapter Six Legume-cereal intercropping effects on soil carbon and microbes: A systematic review - p. 261 18. Chapter Seven Conservation agriculture for sustainable intensification of rainfed semi-arid tropics - p. 293 19. Abstract - p. 292 20. 1 Introduction - p. 291 21. 2 Conservation agriculture: A panacea for food security and LDN in rainfed regions - p. 298 22. 3 Global spread of conservation agriculture - p. 299 23. 4 Potential benefits of CA in rainfed dryland areas - p. 302 24. 5 Challenges and strategies for adoption and scaling up of CA in rainfed regions - p. 335 25. 6 Policy interventions and road map for adoption of CA in rainfed regions - p. 351 26. 7 Conclusion - p. 356 27. References - p. 357 28. Further reading - p. 372 29. Index - p. 377
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 187, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each written by an international board of authors.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 63 2. 2 Data sources and analysis - p. 70 3. 3 Urban ecosystems and soil attributes - p. 73 4. 4 Sampling approaches - p. 87 5. 5 Study size - p. 95 6. 6 Sampling depth - p. 96 7. 7 Composite sampling - p. 101 8. 8 Sampling and laboratory tools - p. 105 9. 9 Mapping - p. 108 10. 10 Discussion - p. 112 11. 11 Conclusion - p. 119 12. Acknowledgments - p. 120 13. References - p. 120 14. Chapter Three Sorghum and pearl millet as sustainable alternative forage options for water limited environments: Opportunities and challenges - p. 137 15. Chapter Four Exploring the challenges arising from soil management in no-till conservation agriculture - p. 194 16. Chapter Five Interaction of phosphorus supply and water deficits on the yield, protein and oil content, and nitrogen fixation of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) - p. 211 17. Chapter Six Legume-cereal intercropping effects on soil carbon and microbes: A systematic review - p. 261 18. Chapter Seven Conservation agriculture for sustainable intensification of rainfed semi-arid tropics - p. 293 19. Abstract - p. 292 20. 1 Introduction - p. 291 21. 2 Conservation agriculture: A panacea for food security and LDN in rainfed regions - p. 298 22. 3 Global spread of conservation agriculture - p. 299 23. 4 Potential benefits of CA in rainfed dryland areas - p. 302 24. 5 Challenges and strategies for adoption and scaling up of CA in rainfed regions - p. 335 25. 6 Policy interventions and road map for adoption of CA in rainfed regions - p. 351 26. 7 Conclusion - p. 356 27. References - p. 357 28. Further reading - p. 372 29. Index - p. 377
