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Advances in AGRONOMY Vol.26

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Agronomy has again emerged in the eyes of the world as an important profession. The world food production problem has again reared its ugly head and statesmen and laymen alike are looking to crop and animal pro- duction scientists for answers to food production problems.

The droughts and floods of 1971 and 1972 markedly reduced the sup- plies of food grains throughout the world. This resulted in unprecedented increases in prices for wheat, corn, and rice and drastically affected the cost of all food products. It also brought to the attention of even the more affluent nations, the grim reality of an ever-present threat of world-wide food shortage. The world once again has been reminded that food produc- tion along with population control are mankind's two most serious long term problems. Agronomists are playing a critical role world-wide to help solve these problems.

Volume 26 continues the focus of its immediate predecessors in review- ing research concerned with food production. An extensive review of work on edible legumes of the humid tropics illustrates this orientation. Likewise, the paper on the development of the wheat-rye cross, triticale, reviews an important long-range research effort on a new and exciting crop. The review of the biomass productivity of mixtures is significant, not only as it relates to pastures and forages but as it impinges on cropping systems generally. There is increased interest in food crop combinations and se- quences which will maximize annual production on limited land resources.

The soil as a recipient of municipal and other wastes is given attention in this volume along with articles dealing with more fundamental aspects of soil characteristics, crop improvement, and the measurement of climatic variation. These articles illustrate the variety of research efforts coming from the fertile minds of the world's crop and soil scientists. Their ingenuity will be taxed in the years ahead to provide the knowledge needed if man is to continue to feed himself

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631(058)

Publisher

New York : Academic Press., 1974

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xi, 366 hal.: ill.;23,5 cm

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English

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631(058)

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Edition

26

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Pertanian

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