Volume 51 is a compilation of cutting-edge reviews written by leading crop and soil scientists. Several chapters emphasize ecology and the environment: conservation tillage with emphasis on ecological approaches to soil management, especially its effects on the environment, soil physical and chemical properties, and surface mulch, nutrient, and pest management. It offers a complete and contemporary review on integrated pest management, ecological and environmental considerations, and future directions; and a comprehensive review of cadmium accumulation in plants and its effects on human health. Other topics which are of interest to agronomists around the world include a comprehensive review on gypsum and acid soils; and transposable elements in maize and their role in creating plant genetic variability. It covers: gypsum and acid soils; conservation tillage; transposable elements in maize; concepts and directions in arthropod pest management; and, accumulation of cadmium in crop plants and its consequences to human health.

Publisher: Academic Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Advances in Agronomy: Volume 51
Pages: 00217 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 1993-12-27
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780120007516
Category: Technology & Engineering : Agriculture - Agronomy
Category: Science : Life Sciences - Biology
Category: Science : Life Sciences - Ecology