Clay D.E., Shanahan J.F. (Eds.) GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Two: Nutrient Management for Energy Efficiency

CRC Press, 2011. — 462 p.Using mathematics, technology, and creativity, GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Two: Nutrient Management for Energy Efficiency examines the development of nutrient management practices that help producers improve their profitability and energy efficiency. Throughout the book, chapters demonstrate how complex mathematical and spatial modeling approaches can provide the basis for much of our present and certainly our future management practices.Highlighting recent successes and the nuts and bolts associated with implementing the proposed techniques, the book covers energy efficiency calculations, techniques for overcoming yield-limiting factors, soil information collection and analysis, and remote sensing for improving management decisions. It describes the development of an economically optimum site-specific corn plant population equation based on an experiment containing many field sites, the estimation of soil productivity and energy efficiency using online data sources, and the assessment and implementation of site-specific carbon and water management systems, analyzing energy efficiency of compost and manures.Emphasizing the mathematics that will enable producers to make full use of the technological advances made during the 21st century, GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Two holds the key to the successful, sustainable, and efficient production of food to feed the ever increasing world population.Series Preface.
Preface.
Editors.
Contributors.
Energy and Climate Implications for Agricultural Nutrient Use Efficiency.
Nutrient Management for Improved Energy Efficiency.
Using Precision Farming to Overcome Yield-Limiting Factors in Southern Brazil Oxisols: A Case Study.
Collecting and Analyzing Soil Spatial Information Using Kriging and Inverse Distance.
Integration of USDA-NRCS Web Soil Survey and Site Collected Data.
Space, Time, Remote Sensing, and Optimal Nitrogen Fertilization Rates: A Fuzzy Logic Approach.
Digital Northern Great Plains and Zone Mapping Application for Precision Agriculture.
Spatial Variability of Field Machinery Use and Efficiency.
Precision Manure Application Requirement.
Case Study for Improving Nutrient Management Efficiency by Optimizing the Plant Population.
Soil Water Status Maps for Variable Rate Irrigation.
Maximizing Nutrient Efficiency through the Adoption of Management Practices That Maintain Soil Organic Carbon: Calculating Carbon Turnover Kinetics.
Predictive Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon: A Case Study Using Geographically Weighted Regression Approach.
Tillage and Crop Residue Effects on Soil Carbon Turnover Using the Michaelis – Menten Approach.
Geospatial Management of Andean Technology by the Inca Empire.
Chapter 16 Calculating Energy Efficiency of Applying Fresh and Composted Manure to Soil.
Quantifying Greenhouse Gas (CO2, CH4, and N2O) Fluxes from Soil in a Pasture.
Improved Nitrogen and Energy-Use Efficiency Using NIR-Estimated Soil Organic Carbon and N Simulation Modeling.
Computing Wheat Nitrogen Requirements from Grain Yield and Protein Map.
Review of Low- and High-Technology Nitrogen Management Approaches for Improved Nitrogen Use Efficiency.
Use of GIS-Based Site-Specific Nitrogen Management for Improving Energy Efficiency.
Geographic Information and the Management of Animal Manure.
Spatial Ramifications of Crop Selection: Water Quality and Biomass Energy.
Estimating Soil Productivity and Energy Efficiency Using the USDA Web Soil Survey, Soil Productivity Index Calculator, and Biofuel Energy Systems Simulator.