Advances in Agronomy

Content: 
Advisory Board
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages ix-xi

Preface
Page xiii
Donald L. Sparks

Chapter One - Use of Synchrotron-Based Techniques to Elucidate Metal Uptake and Metabolism in Plants
Pages 1-82
G. Sarret, E.A.H. Pilon Smits, H. Castillo Michel, M.P. Isaure, F.J. Zhao, R. Tappero

Chapter Two - Advances in Understanding Organic Nitrogen Chemistry in Soils Using State-of-the-art Analytical Techniques
Pages 83-151
Peter Leinweber, Jens Kruse, Christel Baum, Melissa Arcand, J. Diane Knight, Richard Farrell, Kai-Uwe Eckhardt, Kristian Kiersch, Gerald Jandl

Chapter Three - The Role of Nitrate in Human Health
Pages 153-182
Nathan S. Bryan, Hans van Grinsven

Chapter Four - Cadmium Contamination and Its Risk Management in Rice Ecosystems
Pages 183-273
Nanthi S. Bolan, Tomoyuki Makino, Anitha Kunhikrishnan, Pil-Joo Kim, Satoru Ishikawa, Masaharu Murakami, Ravi Naidu, Mary B. Kirkham

Chapter Five - Transport and Retention of Heavy Metal in Soils: Competitive Sorption
Pages 275-308
H.M. Selim

Chapter Six - Clean Coal Technology Combustion Products: Properties, Agricultural and Environmental Applications, and Risk Management
Pages 309-370
Balaji Seshadri, Nanthi S. Bolan, Ravi Naidu, Hailong Wang, Kenneth Sajwan

Chapter Seven - An Assessment of the Variation of Manure Nitrogen Efficiency throughout Europe and an Appraisal of Means to Increase Manure-N Efficiency
Pages 371-442
J. Webb, Peter Sørensen, Gerard Velthof, Barbara Amon, Miriam Pinto, Lena Rodhe, Eva Salomon, Nicholas Hutchings, Piotr Burczyk, Joanne Reid

Index
Pages 443-461

Color Plate
Pages 1-8