Name: Advances in Agronomy By Volume editor Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)
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Advances in Agronomy: Volume 50 by Volume editor Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

Volume 50 highlights current areas of interest to both researchers and students of agronomy internationally. Areas covered include a thorough treatment of redox chemistry in soils, advances in agronomic improvement in oilseed brassicas, population groupings of soybean bradyrhizobia, crop responses to chloride, and plant nutrient sulfur in the tropics and subtropics.

About Volume editor Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

DONALD L. SPARKS is the Unidel S. Hallock du Pont Chair and Francis Alison Professor at the University of Delaware. He is internationally recognized for his research in the areas of kinetics of biogeochemical processes and surface chemistry of natural materials. His research has focused on fate and transport of trace metals in soil and water, soil remediation, water quality, and carbon sequestration in soils. Dr. Sparks is the author of two previous editions of Environmental Soil Chemistry and more than 350 refereed papers and book chapters. He is fellow of five scientific societies, and he has been the recipient of major awards and lectureships including the Geochemistry Medal from the American Chemical Society, the Liebig Medal from the International Union of Soil Sciences, the Einstein Professorship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Philippe Duchaufour Medal from the European Geosciences Union. Dr. Sparks served as president of the Soil Science Society of America and the International Union of Soil Sciences, has served on advisory committees for several national laboratories and national and international centers and institutes, and served as chair of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee for Soil Sciences and other NAS Committees.

R.K. Downey and S.R. Rimmer, Agronomic Improvement in Oilseed Brassicas. J.J. Fuhrmann, Population Diversity Groupings of Soybean Bradyrhizobia. P.E. Fixen, Crop Responses to Chloride. R.J. Bartlett and B.R. James, Redox Chemistry of Soils. N.S. Pasricha and R.L. Fox, Plant Nutrient Sulfur in the Tropics and Subtropics. Chapter References. Subject Index.

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9780120007509

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0120007509

Title

Advances in Agronomy: Volume 50 by Volume editor Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

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Volume editor Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

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Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc

Year published

1993-10-14

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277

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Advances in Agronomy Volume editor Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

Advances in Agronomy by Volume editor Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

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Advances in Agronomy Summary

Advances in Agronomy: Volume 50 by Volume editor Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

About Volume editor Donald L. Sparks (Director, Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA)

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