Advances in Agronomy, Volume 175, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 2 2. 2 Plastics type, composition, properties and production - p. 5 3. 3 Methodologies and characteristic of plastics in soil - p. 11 4. 4 Occurrence of plastics in soil - p. 39 5. 5 Sources and pathways of plastics in soil - p. 52 6. 6 Impacts of plastics in soil ecosystem - p. 59 7. 7 Degradation of plastics in soil - p. 83 8. 8 Conclusions and outlook - p. 97 9. References - p. 100 10. Chapter Two: Strategies to improve field establishment of canola: A review - p. 133 11. Chapter Three: Impacts of land-use change on soil microbial communities and their function in the Amazon Rainforest - p. 190 12. Abstract - p. 180 13. Abbreviations - p. 180 14. 1 Introduction: The Amazon is an ecosystem of global importance - p. 180 15. 2 Why do microbes matter? - p. 186 16. 3 Characterizing soil microbial communities: Current methodologies and metrics - p. 185 17. 4 How has land-use change impacted microbial communities in the Amazon? - p. 189 18. 5 Microbial impacts associated with carbon cycling - p. 214 19. 6 Microbial impacts associated with nitrogen cycling - p. 219 20. 7 Conversion by fire - p. 228 21. 8 Secondary forest recovery - p. 231 22. 9 Conclusions - p. 241 23. Acknowledgment - p. 243 24. References - p. 243 25. Chapter Four: Microbial trait-based approaches for agroecosystems - p. 271 26. Chapter Five: Layered aluminosilicate nanoskeletons: The structure and properties of nanoherbicide formulations - p. 315 27. Chapter Six: Perspectives and strategies to increase the microbial-derived soil organic matter that persists in agroecosystems - p. 365 28. Index - p. 401
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 175, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 2 2. 2 Plastics type, composition, properties and production - p. 5 3. 3 Methodologies and characteristic of plastics in soil - p. 11 4. 4 Occurrence of plastics in soil - p. 39 5. 5 Sources and pathways of plastics in soil - p. 52 6. 6 Impacts of plastics in soil ecosystem - p. 59 7. 7 Degradation of plastics in soil - p. 83 8. 8 Conclusions and outlook - p. 97 9. References - p. 100 10. Chapter Two: Strategies to improve field establishment of canola: A review - p. 133 11. Chapter Three: Impacts of land-use change on soil microbial communities and their function in the Amazon Rainforest - p. 190 12. Abstract - p. 180 13. Abbreviations - p. 180 14. 1 Introduction: The Amazon is an ecosystem of global importance - p. 180 15. 2 Why do microbes matter? - p. 186 16. 3 Characterizing soil microbial communities: Current methodologies and metrics - p. 185 17. 4 How has land-use change impacted microbial communities in the Amazon? - p. 189 18. 5 Microbial impacts associated with carbon cycling - p. 214 19. 6 Microbial impacts associated with nitrogen cycling - p. 219 20. 7 Conversion by fire - p. 228 21. 8 Secondary forest recovery - p. 231 22. 9 Conclusions - p. 241 23. Acknowledgment - p. 243 24. References - p. 243 25. Chapter Four: Microbial trait-based approaches for agroecosystems - p. 271 26. Chapter Five: Layered aluminosilicate nanoskeletons: The structure and properties of nanoherbicide formulations - p. 315 27. Chapter Six: Perspectives and strategies to increase the microbial-derived soil organic matter that persists in agroecosystems - p. 365 28. Index - p. 401
