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Springer Applied Manure And Nutrient Chemistry For Sustainable Agriculture And Environment 2014 Edition by Zhongqi He Hailin Zhang
Due to the rapid increase in world population and improving living standards the global agriculture sector is confronting with challenges for the sustainability of agricultural production and of the environment. Intensive high-yield agriculture is typically dependent on addition of fertilizers (synthetic chemicals animal manure etc.). However non-point nutrient losses from agricultural fields due to fertilization could adversely impact the environment. Increased knowledge on plant nutrient chemistry is required for improving utilization efficiency and minimizing loses from both inorganic and organic nutrient sources. For this purpose the book is composed of 19 chapters that highlight recent research activities in applied nutrient chemistry geared toward sustainable agriculture and environment. Topics of interest include but are not limited to speciation quantification and interactions of various plant nutrients and relevant contributories in manure soil and plants. This book outlooks emerging researchable issues on alternative utilization and environmental monitoring of manure and other agricultural by products that may stimulate new research ideas and direction in the relevant fields. Table of contents : PrefaceAbout the editors1 Animal Manure Production and Utilization in the US; Hailin Zhang and Jackie Schroder2 Residual Veterinary Pharmaceuticals in Animal Manures and Their Environmental Behaviors in Soils; Weiping Song and Mingxin Guo3 Changes in Nutrient Content and Availability during the Slow Pyrolysis of Animal Wastes; Minori Uchimiya4 Soil Amino Compound and Carbohydrate Contents Influenced by Organic Amendments; Zhongqi He Daniel C. Olk and Heidi M. Waldrip5 Nitrogen Mineralization in Soils Amended with Manure as Affected by Environmental Conditions; Dexter B. Watts and H. Allen Torbert6 Soil Enzyme Activities as Affected by Manure Types Application Rates and Management Practices; Veronica Acosta-Martinez and Heidi M. Waldrip7 Phosphatase Activities and Their Effects on Phosphorus Availability in Soils Amended with Livestock Manures Heidi M. Waldrip and Veronica Acosta-Martinez8 Variety and Solubility of Phosphorus Forms in Animal Manure and Their Effects on Soil Test Phosphorus; Paulo Pagliari9 Phytate in Animal Manure and Soils: Abundance Cycling and Bioavailability; Courtney D. Giles and Barbara J. Cade-Menun10 Phosphorus Forms and Mineralization Potentials of Alabama Upland Cotton Production Soils Amended with Poultry Litter; Irenus A. Tazisong Zachary N. Senwo Barbara J. Cade-Menun and Zhongqi He11 Chemistry and Application of Industrial By-Products to Animal Manure for Reducing Phosphorus Losses to Surface Waters; Chad J. Penn and Joshua M. McGrath12 Nutrient Chemistry of Manure and Manure-Impacted Soils as Influenced by Application of Bauxite; Jim J. Wang and Lewis A. Gaston13 Investigation of Compound-Specific Organic-Inorganic Phosphorus Transformation Using Stable Isotope Ratios in Phosphate; Deb P. Jaisi Ruth E. BlakeYuhong Liang and Sae J. Chang14 Chemical Characteristics of Custom Compost for Highbush Blueberry; Dan M. Sullivan David R. Bryla and Ryan C. Costello15 Distribution and Biodegradability of Water Soluble Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Subarctic Alaskan Soils under Three Different Land Uses; Mingchu Zhang Aiqin Zhao and Zhongqi He16 Remote Sensing of Nutrient Characteristics of Soils and Crops in Biosolid Amended Soils; B. B. Maruthi Sridhar Fengxiang X. Han and Robert K. Vincent17 Cotton Production Improvement and Environmental Concerns from Poultry Litter Application in Southern and Southeastern USA Soils; Haile Tewolde and Karamat Sistani.