Quantitative theory in soil productivity and environmental pollution : proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting held on 7 and 8 March, 1990
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Quantitative theory in soil productivity and environmental pollution : proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting held on 7 and 8 March, 1990
Royal Society, 1990
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"First published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, series B, volume 329 (no. 1255), pages 307-433"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Agronomists have brought about spectacular benefits by improving cultural, fertilizer and pesticide practices, but there is still much uncertainty in forecasting the best practices for any given field, and indeed of predicting the fate of added chemicals in different situations. New approaches to the problem based on the development and application of quantitative theories and computer models were discussed at the Royal Society Discussion Meeting held in March 1990. This book, which is a report of the meeting, includes case histories of some of the internationally important models that have been used for predicting productivity and deterioration of soils, and the biodegradation and persistence of unwanted chemicals and their movement into drainage water. There is also much discussion of relevant biological, physical and chemical processes. The papers are written by experts from the USA, France, The Netherlands and the UK. They should prove valuable to those interested in crop production, pollution and the environment.
Table of Contents
- Modelling soil productivity and pollution, D.J.Greenwood and A.Walker
- quantitative prediction of the leaching of organic and inorganic solutes in soil, R.J.Wagenet
- diffusion of inorganic materials in soil, G.J.D.Kirk
- soil compaction and plant root growth, D.R.P.Hettiaratchi
- the mathematical model as an aid to developing concepts concerning the soil-atmosphere-crop relation, S.P.S.Andrew
- the turnover of organic carbon and nitrogen in soil, D.S.Jenkinson
- modelling of microbial processes that govern degradation to organic substrates in soil with special reference to pesticides, G.Soulas and B.Lagacherie
- predicting the behaviour of pesticides in soil from their physical and chemical properties, G.G.Briggs
- probability modelling, D.A.Laskowski, et al
- land resources inventory and productivity evaluation for national development planning, A.H.Kassam, et al
- modelling nitrate from agricultural into public water supplies, P.G.Whitehead
- dynamic land capability model - a case history, R.A.Feddes and A.L.M. van Wijk
- the erosion-productivity impact calculatory (EPIC) model - a case history, J.R.Williams.
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