Advances in agronomy. Volume one hundred nine [electronic resource] / edited by Donald L. Sparks

Additional Titles:: Advances in agronomy. Volume 109
Published:: San Diego, CA : Academic Press, 2010.
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators:: Sparks, Donald L.

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Climate Warming-Induced Intensification of the Hydrologic Cycle: An Assessment of the Published Record and Potential Impacts on Agriculture / Thomas G. Huntington -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Significance of an Intensification of the Hydrologic Cycle -- 3.Trends in Hydrologic Variables -- 4.Mount Pinatubo: The Natural Experiment in Aerosol Optical Depth -- 5.Hydrologic Responses to Intensification-Extreme Events (Including Droughts) -- 6.Potential Impacts on Agriculture -- 7.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2.Extent, Impact, and Response to Soil and Water Salinity in Arid and Semiarid Regions / Minh-Long Nguyen -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Soil Salinity -- 3.Water Salinity -- 4.Responding to soil and Water Salinity -- 5.Conclusions -- References -- 3.The African Green Revolution: Results from the Millennium Villages Project / Pedro A. Sanchez -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Description of the Village Clusters -- 3.Methodology -- 4.Results -- 5.Discussion and Way Forward -- 6.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4.Interactions Among Agricultural Production and Other Ecosystem Services Delivered from European Temperate Grassland Systems / Les G. Firbank -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Methods -- 3.Interpreting the Interactions -- 4.Conclusions -- 5.Future Perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5.Halting the Groundwater Decline in North-West India---Which Crop Technologies will be Winners? / R. K. Sharma -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Hydrogeology and Development of Irrigation in North-West India -- 3.Water Sources, Sinks, Depletion, and Savings -- 4.Effects of Improved Technologies on Yield, the Nature and Amount of Water Savings, and Water Productivity -- 5.General Discussion -- 6.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6.Biological Control of Insect Pests in Agroecosystems: Effects of Crop Management, Farming Systems, and Seminatural Habitats at the Landscape Scale: A Review / Jean Roger-Estrade -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Arthropod Dynamics and Trophic Interactions within the Agricultural Landscape -- 3.The Role of Seminatural Habitats on Pest and Natural Enemy Populations -- 4.Natural Enemy Biodiversity and Insect Pest Suppression -- 5.Effects of Crop Management on Pests and their Natural Enemies -- 6.General Effects of Farming Systems on Natural Enemy Biodiversity, Pests, and Subsequent Biological Control -- 7.Integrating Farming Systems, Crop Management and Landscape Context to Understand Biological Control Mechanisms -- 8.Conclusions -- References.

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9780123850409
0123850401
9780123850416 (electronic bk.)
012385041X (electronic bk.)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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