Advances in Agronomy: Volume 51

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  • ISBN 10 6611740171
  • ISBN 13 9786611740177
  • Published Dec 27 1993
  • Page Count 217
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
  • Imprint Elsevier Science & Technology

Publishers Text

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.