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- Resources for Agriculture Exposes students to the most current information available from leaders in their respective fields. Vividly illustrated throughout! Rich with illustrations! Comprehensive in coverage and unique in presentation. Provides principles and time-tested practical information. Ideal for students with little or no background in entomology. Four-part organization easily accommodates the three major approaches of animal science.
ISBN-10: 0130941174
ISBN-13: 9780130941176
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2005
Format: Cloth; 672 pp
Published: 07/19/2004
Suggested retail price: $110.60
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For senior undergraduate and beginning graduate-level courses in Soil Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, and Soil Ecology. A useful reference for professionals such as environmental scientists, resource managers, and agriculturalists.
Written by leading experts in the field, this comprehensive, balanced introduction to soil microbiology captures the rapid advances in both the fundamental knowledge and potential applications of soil microbiology–e.g., habitats and organisms, microbially mediated transformation, and applied environmental topics. Carefully edited to ensure a uniform style and consistent usage of terminology, it helps students make the transition from traditional introductory, single-authored texts to typical multi-authored scientific treatises which, to keep current, they will consult as professionals.
NEW—Up-to-date.
~Keeps students aware of the current trends in the field, as well as with the current technology and latest knowledge.
NEW—Reorganized for more logical flow.
~Gives students a text that first presents comprehensive background information, with new concepts and literature for ease of comprehension.
Balanced coverage of fundamental and applied topics.
~Provides students with one source for reliable information. Each chapter is written by a carefully selected experts in their fields.
Basic/review information.
~Gives students background information if they lack prior courses in soils or biochemistry. Introduces students to newly emerging molecular tools for soil microbiology.
An abundance of material—some of which will serve as a reference.
~Gives students material on the taxonomy, physiology and ecology of the important groups of soil microorganisms.
Extensive illustrations and boxed examples.
~Provides students who are visual learners with exciting tools for study.
An extensive glossary.
~Provides students with an easy-study reference for ease in understanding.
Up-to-date.
~Keeps students aware of the current trends in the field, as well as with the current technology and latest knowledge.
Reorganized for more logical flow.
~Gives students a text that first presents comprehensive background information, with new concepts and literature for ease of comprehension.
I. FUNDAMENTALS.
1. Introduction and Historical Perspective.
2. The Soil Habitat.
3. Microbial Metabolism.
4. Microbial Genetics.
II. ORGANISMS AND INTERACTIONS.
5. Bacteria and Archaea.
6. Fungi.
7. Cyanobacteria and Algae in Soils.
8. The Soil Fauna.
9. Viruses.
10. Microbial Ecology.
11. The Rhizosphere.
12. Mycorrhizal Symbioses.
III. CYCLES IN SOIL.
13. Carbon Transformations and Soil Organic Matter Formation.
14. Transformations of Nitrogen.
15. Biological Dinitrogen Fixation: Introduction and Nonsymbiotic.
16. Biological Dinitrogen Fixation: Symbiotic.
17. Transformation of Sulfur.
18. Phosphorus and Other Elements.
IV. ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES.
19. Global Gases.
20. Microbiology and Biochemistry of Xenobiotic Compound Degradation.
21. Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils.
22. Biological Control of Soilborne Plant Pathogens and Nematodes.
23. Composting of Organic Wastes .
Glossary of Terms/Index.
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