Advances in Agronomy, Volume 169, 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. 4 2. 2 Concepts of soil salinity and salinity management - p. 8 3. 3 Soil salinity modeling and measurements - p. 19 4. 4 Priority 1: Need for soil salinity mapping - p. 26 5. 5 Priority 2: Application of remote sensing to detect and map soil salinity - p. 31 6. 6 Priority 3: Improved soil salinity management practices - p. 37 7. 7 Priority 4: Soil salinity management using precision irrigation - p. 45 8. 8 Priority 5: Re-assessment of crop salt tolerance - p. 50 9. 9 Priority 6: Improved understanding of the combined and interactive effects of crop drought and salinity stress - p. 56 10. 10 Priority 7: Need for broader understanding of physiological mechanisms for adaptation to saline soils - p. 65 11. 11 Priority 8: Plant breeders need genes proven for salt tolerance without yield penalty - p. 72 12. 12 Priority 9: Salinity and sodicity effects on soil physical properties - p. 79 13. 13 Priority 10: Limitations and opportunities of using non-conventional water sources for irrigation - p. 85 14. 14 Additional soil salinity research needs - p. 91 15. 15 Case studies - p. 97 16. 16 Challenges, knowledge gaps and recommendations - p. 156 17. References - p. 161 18. Chapter Two: Pathways of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons assimilation by plants growing in contaminated soils - p. 193 19. Index - p. 250
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 169, 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. 4 2. 2 Concepts of soil salinity and salinity management - p. 8 3. 3 Soil salinity modeling and measurements - p. 19 4. 4 Priority 1: Need for soil salinity mapping - p. 26 5. 5 Priority 2: Application of remote sensing to detect and map soil salinity - p. 31 6. 6 Priority 3: Improved soil salinity management practices - p. 37 7. 7 Priority 4: Soil salinity management using precision irrigation - p. 45 8. 8 Priority 5: Re-assessment of crop salt tolerance - p. 50 9. 9 Priority 6: Improved understanding of the combined and interactive effects of crop drought and salinity stress - p. 56 10. 10 Priority 7: Need for broader understanding of physiological mechanisms for adaptation to saline soils - p. 65 11. 11 Priority 8: Plant breeders need genes proven for salt tolerance without yield penalty - p. 72 12. 12 Priority 9: Salinity and sodicity effects on soil physical properties - p. 79 13. 13 Priority 10: Limitations and opportunities of using non-conventional water sources for irrigation - p. 85 14. 14 Additional soil salinity research needs - p. 91 15. 15 Case studies - p. 97 16. 16 Challenges, knowledge gaps and recommendations - p. 156 17. References - p. 161 18. Chapter Two: Pathways of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons assimilation by plants growing in contaminated soils - p. 193 19. Index - p. 250
