Advances in Agronomy, Volume 181, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each chapter written by an international board of authors.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 3 2. 2 Earthworms in agronomy, a long history - p. 5 3. 3 Earthworms and soil structure - p. 9 4. 4 Earthworms and microbial communities - p. 16 5. 5 Earthworms, soil organic matter and carbon cycling - p. 20 6. 6 Earthworms and nutrient cycling - p. 27 7. 7 Earthworms and plants - p. 33 8. 8 Earthworms and the soil GHG balance - p. 41 9. 9 Earthworms and soil remediation - p. 46 10. 10 Distribution of earthworms in agricultural soil, the chicken or egg dilemma - p. 52 11. 11 Ten questions and challenges for future earthworm research in agriculture - p. 56 12. Acknowledgments - p. 59 13. References - p. 59 14. Chapter Two: Modeling of irrigation and related processes with HYDRUS - p. 79 15. Abstract - p. 81 16. 1 Introduction - p. 81 17. 2 Mathematical and physical background - p. 86 18. 3 Sprinkler irrigation - p. 93 19. 4 Furrow irrigation - p. 98 20. 5 Drip irrigation - p. 105 21. 6 Fertigation - p. 111 22. 7 Salinity and sodicity - p. 123 23. 8 Chemigation - p. 129 24. 9 Spatial variability - p. 135 25. 10 Model calibration - p. 145 26. 11 Special irrigation methods - p. 150 27. 12 Summary and outlook - p. 159 28. References - p. 160 29. Chapter Three: Conservation agriculture for regenerating soil health and climate change mitigation in smallholder systems of South Asia - p. 190 30. Abstract - p. 184 31. 1 Introduction - p. 186 32. 2 Conservation agriculture as regenerative and scalable solution - p. 185 33. 3 Soil health defined and parameters - p. 189 34. 4 Conservation agriculture and soil carbon health - p. 188 35. 5 Conservation agriculture and soil physical health - p. 203 36. 6 Conservation agriculture and soil chemical health - p. 219 37. 7 Conservation agriculture and soil biological health - p. 227 38. 8 Development of soil health index for conservation agriculture - p. 241 39. 9 Impact of conservation agriculture on climate change and adaptation - p. 245 40. 10 Epilog and future research opportunities - p. 252 41. Acknowledgments - p. 257 42. References - p. 257 43. Chapter Four: Remote and proximal sensing: How far has it come to help plant breeders? - p. 279 44. Index - p. 315
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 181, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each chapter written by an international board of authors.
1. 1 Introduction - p. 3 2. 2 Earthworms in agronomy, a long history - p. 5 3. 3 Earthworms and soil structure - p. 9 4. 4 Earthworms and microbial communities - p. 16 5. 5 Earthworms, soil organic matter and carbon cycling - p. 20 6. 6 Earthworms and nutrient cycling - p. 27 7. 7 Earthworms and plants - p. 33 8. 8 Earthworms and the soil GHG balance - p. 41 9. 9 Earthworms and soil remediation - p. 46 10. 10 Distribution of earthworms in agricultural soil, the chicken or egg dilemma - p. 52 11. 11 Ten questions and challenges for future earthworm research in agriculture - p. 56 12. Acknowledgments - p. 59 13. References - p. 59 14. Chapter Two: Modeling of irrigation and related processes with HYDRUS - p. 79 15. Abstract - p. 81 16. 1 Introduction - p. 81 17. 2 Mathematical and physical background - p. 86 18. 3 Sprinkler irrigation - p. 93 19. 4 Furrow irrigation - p. 98 20. 5 Drip irrigation - p. 105 21. 6 Fertigation - p. 111 22. 7 Salinity and sodicity - p. 123 23. 8 Chemigation - p. 129 24. 9 Spatial variability - p. 135 25. 10 Model calibration - p. 145 26. 11 Special irrigation methods - p. 150 27. 12 Summary and outlook - p. 159 28. References - p. 160 29. Chapter Three: Conservation agriculture for regenerating soil health and climate change mitigation in smallholder systems of South Asia - p. 190 30. Abstract - p. 184 31. 1 Introduction - p. 186 32. 2 Conservation agriculture as regenerative and scalable solution - p. 185 33. 3 Soil health defined and parameters - p. 189 34. 4 Conservation agriculture and soil carbon health - p. 188 35. 5 Conservation agriculture and soil physical health - p. 203 36. 6 Conservation agriculture and soil chemical health - p. 219 37. 7 Conservation agriculture and soil biological health - p. 227 38. 8 Development of soil health index for conservation agriculture - p. 241 39. 9 Impact of conservation agriculture on climate change and adaptation - p. 245 40. 10 Epilog and future research opportunities - p. 252 41. Acknowledgments - p. 257 42. References - p. 257 43. Chapter Four: Remote and proximal sensing: How far has it come to help plant breeders? - p. 279 44. Index - p. 315
