Advances in Agronomy, Volume 179, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Chapters in this new release include Complementing Compost with Biochar for Agriculture, Soil Remediation and Climate Mitigation, Weed Management in Wet Direct-seeded Rice (Oryza sativa L.): Issues and Opportunities, Plant Temperature Response and Heat Tolerance in Rice: A Review, Obstacles in Continuous Cropping: Mechanisms and Control Measures, Agriculture-Related Green House Gas Emissions and Mitigation Measures, and more.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 4 2. 2 Sources of organic wastes - p. 6 3. 3 Biochar production - p. 8 4. 4 Compost production - p. 10 5. 5 Biochar-compost production - p. 14 6. 6 Compost quality, regulations, standards and guides - p. 35 7. 7 Biochar influencing compost agricultural property - p. 35 8. 8 Application methods for biochar in agricultural soils - p. 37 9. 9 Application methods for compost and biochar-compost - p. 37 10. 10 Application of biochar to manage climate change, agricultural soil carbon and nitrogen - p. 41 11. 11 Application of biochar or compost to improve soil structure - p. 41 12. 12 Application rate of biochar-compost - p. 42 13. 13 Remediation of soils containing toxic elements - p. 43 14. 14 Remediation of soils containing organic contaminants - p. 50 15. 15 Future research - p. 57 16. 16 Salient points - p. 58 17. Case Study - p. 58 18. Acknowledgments - p. 69 19. References - p. 69 20. Chapter Two: Weed management in wet direct-seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.): Issues and opportunities - p. 97 21. Chapter Three: Temperature response of plants and heat tolerance in Rice: A review - p. 171 22. Chapter Four: Obstacles in continuous cropping: Mechanisms and control measures - p. 212 23. Chapter Five: Agriculture-related green house gas emissions and mitigation measures - p. 257 24. Abstract - p. 258 25. 1 Introduction - p. 262 26. 2 Precision in GHG measurements for purposeful inventory - p. 261 27. 3 Climate trend and global food production - p. 270 28. 4 Trend in fertilizer-N use and N-use efficiency - p. 281 29. 5 Agronomic practices for reducing the GHG emissions - p. 287 30. 6 Conservation agriculture in relation to GHG emissions - p. 304 31. 7 Grasslands as sink or source of green house gases - p. 314 32. 8 Peat lands as sink or source of green house gas emissions - p. 332 33. References - p. 351 34. Index - p. 376
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 179, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Chapters in this new release include Complementing Compost with Biochar for Agriculture, Soil Remediation and Climate Mitigation, Weed Management in Wet Direct-seeded Rice (Oryza sativa L.): Issues and Opportunities, Plant Temperature Response and Heat Tolerance in Rice: A Review, Obstacles in Continuous Cropping: Mechanisms and Control Measures, Agriculture-Related Green House Gas Emissions and Mitigation Measures, and more.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 4 2. 2 Sources of organic wastes - p. 6 3. 3 Biochar production - p. 8 4. 4 Compost production - p. 10 5. 5 Biochar-compost production - p. 14 6. 6 Compost quality, regulations, standards and guides - p. 35 7. 7 Biochar influencing compost agricultural property - p. 35 8. 8 Application methods for biochar in agricultural soils - p. 37 9. 9 Application methods for compost and biochar-compost - p. 37 10. 10 Application of biochar to manage climate change, agricultural soil carbon and nitrogen - p. 41 11. 11 Application of biochar or compost to improve soil structure - p. 41 12. 12 Application rate of biochar-compost - p. 42 13. 13 Remediation of soils containing toxic elements - p. 43 14. 14 Remediation of soils containing organic contaminants - p. 50 15. 15 Future research - p. 57 16. 16 Salient points - p. 58 17. Case Study - p. 58 18. Acknowledgments - p. 69 19. References - p. 69 20. Chapter Two: Weed management in wet direct-seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.): Issues and opportunities - p. 97 21. Chapter Three: Temperature response of plants and heat tolerance in Rice: A review - p. 171 22. Chapter Four: Obstacles in continuous cropping: Mechanisms and control measures - p. 212 23. Chapter Five: Agriculture-related green house gas emissions and mitigation measures - p. 257 24. Abstract - p. 258 25. 1 Introduction - p. 262 26. 2 Precision in GHG measurements for purposeful inventory - p. 261 27. 3 Climate trend and global food production - p. 270 28. 4 Trend in fertilizer-N use and N-use efficiency - p. 281 29. 5 Agronomic practices for reducing the GHG emissions - p. 287 30. 6 Conservation agriculture in relation to GHG emissions - p. 304 31. 7 Grasslands as sink or source of green house gases - p. 314 32. 8 Peat lands as sink or source of green house gas emissions - p. 332 33. References - p. 351 34. Index - p. 376
