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Author:   Luther Hammond ,  James E Box Jr
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9780367301507

ISBN 10:   0367301504
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   31 May 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction -- Soil Structural Influences on the Root Zone and Rhizosphere -- Soil Organic Matter, Tillage, and the Rhizosphere -- Tools for Studying Rhizosphere Dynamics -- Microbial Responses in the Rhizosphere of Agricultural Plants -- Distribution, Structure, and Function of External Hyphae of Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi -- Collembolan Populations and Root Dynamics in Michigan Agroecosystems -- Earthworms and Agricultural Management -- Shoot/Root Relationships and Bioregulation -- Root-Shoot Relationships in Cotton -- The Effects of Gravity on the Ecology and Dynamics of Root Growth -- Effects of Mechanical Impedance on Root Development -- Soil and Plant Root Water Flux in the Rhizosphere

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Luther C. Hammond is Professor of Soil Physics at the University of Florida, Gainesville. His multidiscipline investigations includes water retaining and transmitting characteristics of the major soils of Florida; plant water use and management in response to crop and soil management variables and to atmospheric demand; root growth in relation to plant and soil factors; and spatial variability of soil physical properties and crop yields. He received his B.S. from Clemson University and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Iowa State University. James E. Box. Jr. is a Soil Scientist with the Southern Piedmont Conservation Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service in Watkinsville, Georgia. He was Laboratory Director of the Center (1966-1984), served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (1981-1989), and was Chairman of the Southern Regional Information Exchange Group for Root Environment (1986-1989). He has authored and co-authored more than 90 scientific publications and participated in international symposia on root research. Dr. Box's particular areas of interest are use of the minirhizotron technique and rooting of soft red winter wheat. He received his B. S. and M. S. degrees from Texas A&M University and his Ph.D. from Utah State University.

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