Soil Water And Agronomic Productivity

Description: Crop water use can be increased by management of surface runoff, groundwater, irrigation, and soil water. Technological innovations to enhance availability of water for agricultural crops depend on soil and site-specific conditions. Devoted to the principles and practices of enhancing water use efficiency, Soil Water and Agronomic Productivity addresses current problems associated with water supplies required for agricultural purposes and food production. Written for professionals and students in agricultural fields, the book focuses on innovative technologies for improving soil water availability, enhancing water use efficiency, and using productive irrigation systems. It also presents techniques to conserve water in the root zone as well as remote sensing techniques to assess soil water regime and predict drought on a regional scale. Soil water management is crucial to reducing the vulnerability to agronomic drought. There are numerous examples of aquifers that have been severely depleted by misuse and mismanagement. Soil Water and Agronomic Productivity explains the factors and causes of the mismanagement of soil water and proposes options for sustainable and efficient use of scarce water resources. Meeting the global food demand will require careful worldwide management of soil and water resources, and this can only be done by sharing information and knowledge. Part of the Advances in Soil Science Series

Contents: Water and Agronomic Productivity Global Water Balance and Agronomic Production in Relation to Food Security Raveendra Kumar Rai and Vijay P. Singh Soil Water and Agronomic Production Rattan Lal Water Resources and Agriculture Changes in Precipitation During the Twentieth Century Across a Latitude Gradient in the United States Anjali Dubey and Rattan Lal Desired Future Conditions for Groundwater Availability in the High Plains Aquifer System Z. Sheng, C. Wang, J. Gastelum, S. Zhao, and J. Bordovsky Competition Between Environmental, Urban, and Rural Groundwater Demands and the Impacts on Agriculture in Edwards Aquifer Area, Texas Venkatesh Uddameri and Vijay P. Singh Sustaining Groundwater Use in South Asia Meharban Singh Kahlon, Rattan Lal, and Pritpal Singh Lubana Water Resources and Agronomic Productivity in West Asia and North Africa Region Mostafa Ibrahim, Rattan Lal, ElSayed Abdel Bary, and Atef Swelam Water Management for Crop Production in Arid Lands A.J. Clemmens, K.F. Bronson, D.J. Hunsaker, and E. Bautista Irrigation and Soil Water Management Site-Specific Irrigation Management: Precision Agriculture for Improved Water-Use Efficiency Susan A. O'Shaughnessy, Steve R. Evett, Paul D. Colaizzi, Terry A. Howell, and Robert G. Evans Sustainable Soil Water Management Systems G. Basch, A. Kassam, T. Friedrich, F.L. Santos, P.I. Gubiani, A. Calegari, J.M. Reichert, and D.R. dos Santos Sustainable Management of Brackish Water Agriculture P.S. Minhas China's Food Security and Soil Water Management: A Green-Water and Blue-Water Approach Li Baoguo and Huang Feng Agronomic Management of Soil and Crop Sustainable Management of Scarce Water Resource in Tropical Rainfed Agriculture Suhas P. Wani, Kaushal K. Garg, Anil Kumar Singh, and Johan Rockstrom Manipulating Crop Geometries to Increase Yields in Dryland Areas B.A. Stewart and Rattan Lal Mulch Tillage for Conserving Soil Water Paul W. Unger, R. Louis Baumhardt, and Francisco J. Arriaga Enhancing Precipitation Use Efficiency in the World's Dryland Agroecosystems G.A. Peterson, D.G. Westfall, and N.C. Hansen Historical and Present Usage of Shatian Gravel Mulch for Crop Production in Arid and Semiarid Regions of Northwestern China Liang Wei-li, Gao Wang-sheng, Xu Qiang, and Huang Gao-bao Improving Wheat Yield and Water-Use Efficiency under Semiarid Environment: The US Southern Great Plains and China's Loess Plateau Qingwu Xue, Wenzhao Liu, and B.A. Stewart Policy and Economics Sustainable Land and Water Management Policies Claudia Ringler and Ephraim Nkonya Tools of Watershed Management Watershed Management for Erosion and Sedimentation Control Case Study: Goodwin Creek, Panola County, MS Seth M. Dabney, F. Doug Shields, Ronald L. Bingner, Roger A. Kuhnle, and James R. Rigby Research and Development Priorities Toward Enhancing Storage of Soil Water and Agronomic Productivity Rattan Lal

Author Biography: Rattan Lal is a professor of soil physics in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, FAES/OARDC at the Ohio State University. B.A. Stewart is Distinguished Professor of Soil Science at West Texas A & M University, in Canyon. He is also Director of the Dryland Agriculture Institute.