Soil Water and Agronomic Productivity
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Written for professionals and students in agricultural fields, this book addresses current problems associated with water supplies required for agricultural purposes and food production. It focuses on innovative technologies for improving soil water availability, enhancing water use efficiency, and using productive irrigation systems. The book discusses root-zone water conservation strategies; growing varieties of crops that can tolerate droughts; and using cropping systems that enhance adaptation to changing climate, among other topics. It also presents techniques that conserve water in the…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Written for professionals and students in agricultural fields, this book addresses current problems associated with water supplies required for agricultural purposes and food production. It focuses on innovative technologies for improving soil water availability, enhancing water use efficiency, and using productive irrigation systems. The book discusses root-zone water conservation strategies; growing varieties of crops that can tolerate droughts; and using cropping systems that enhance adaptation to changing climate, among other topics. It also presents techniques that conserve water in the root zone and discusses remote sensing techniques to assess soil water regime and predict drought on a regional scale.
Autorenporträt
Rattan Lal is a professor of soil physics in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, FAES/OARDC at the Ohio State University. B.A. Stewart is Distinguished Professor of Soil Science at West Texas A & M University, in Canyon. He is also Director of the Dryland Agriculture Institute.