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Advances in Agronomy has the highest impact factor among serial publications in Agriculture. The Science Citation Index, 1986, reports an impact factor over 2,459 and a cited half-life over 10 years. Volume 76 contains five excellent reviews on topics of great interest to crop and soil scientists as well as others in various fields. Chapter 1 is concerned with the potential of tropical soils to sequester carbon. Topics that are covered include soil inorganic and organic pools and dynamics, loss of soil organic pools from tropical soils, and potential for C sequestration in tropical soils. C.

Front Cover; Advances in Agronomy; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Potential of Soils of the Tropics to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect; I. Introduction; II. Soil-Related Constraints to Biomass Production; III. Soil Degradation and Emission of Greenhouse Gases to the Atmosphere; IV. Soil Carbon Pool and Dynamics; V. Historic Loss of SOC Pool from Soils of the Tropics; VI. Need for Soil Restoration; VII. Strategies of Mitigating the Greenhouse Effect through Soil Carbon Sequestration; VIII. Potential of SOC Sequestration in the Tropics.

IX. Dynamics of Soil Inorganic CarbonX. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Applications of Crop/Soil Simulation Models in Tropical Agricultural Systems; I. Introduction; II. Applications of Models; III. The Way Forward; References; Chapter 3. Interorganismal Signaling in Suboptimum Environments: The Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis; I. Introduction; II. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Soil Fertility; III. Principles of Legume Nodulation; IV. Legume Nodulation under Stressful Conditions; V. Legume Nodulation with Preactivated Rhizobium; VI. Commercial Products; References.

Chapter 4. Surface Chemistry and Function of Microbial BiofilmsI. Introduction: Definition and Importance of Microbial Biofilms; II. The Microbial Biofilm as an Interfacial Boundary Regulating Solution Equilibrium; III. Features and Properties of the Biofilm Surface; IV Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Crop Scheduling and Prediction-Principles and Opportunities with Field Vegetables; I. Introduction; II. Identification of Distinct Stages and Phases of Growth and Development; III. Prediction of Duration of Developmental Phases for Given Temperature Regimes.

IV. Additional Effects of Other Abiotic Factors on the Duration of Developmental PhasesV. Experimental Approaches to the Construction of Scheduling and Prediction Models; VI. The Accuracy of Measurement of Abiotic Factors; VII. Methods of Planning Production; VIII. Future Opportunities; IX. Concluding Comments; References; Index.

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