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A highly cited and well established serial review that includes cutting edge reviews on topics in the crop and soil sciences

Table of Contents

1. Perspectives About the National Cooperative Soil Survey
Richard W. Arnold
2. A Comprehensive Review of the CERES-Wheat, -Maize and -Rice Models’ Performances
Bruno Basso, Lin Liu and Joe T. Ritchie
3. Impacts of Herbicides on Soil Biology and Function
Michael T. Rose, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, Craig A. Scanlan, Terry J. Rose, Tony Vancov, Stephen Kimber, Ivan R. Kennedy, Rai S. Kookana and Lukas Van Zwieten
4. Performance of Coffee Seedlings as Affected by Soil Moisture and Nitrogen Application
Alveiro Salamanca-Jimenez, Timothy A. Doane and William R. Horwath

About the Author

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.