Edited by : Willy H. Verheye,
National Science Foundation Flanders and Geography Department, University of Gent, Belgium
Soils and General Agronomy
Willy Verheye, National Science Foundation Flanders and Geography Department, University of Ghent, Belgium
Climate and its Effects on Crop Productivity and Management
David H White, Fauna Avenue, Long Beach, NSW, Australia, 2536
S Mark Howden, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship, Canberra, ACT, Australia 2601
Conservation Agriculture
Amélie Berger, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Theodor Friedrich, Crop Production Systems Intensification, Crop and Grassland Service (AGPC), FAO, Rome, Italy
Josef Kienzle, Equipment and Institutions/Agro-Industries, Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division (AGST), FAO, Rome, Italy
Soil Health And Productivity
Eric C. Brevik, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND, USA
Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Dynamics
Wim M. Cornelis, Department of Soil Management, International Centre for Eremology, Ghent University, Belgium
Kathy Steppe, Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Ghent University, Belgium
Donald Gabriels, Department of Soil Management, International Centre for Eremology, Ghent University, Belgium
Agroecosystem Modeling: Soil and Water Dynamics and Soil-Water Phase Transitions
Nathaniel K. Newlands, Environmental Programme,Agriculture Agri-Food Can Research Centre, Canada
Soil Engineering and Technology
S.S. Kukal, Soils Dept, Punjab Agricultural Unv, India
Plant Breeding and Genetics
M. A. Arterburn, Department of Biology, Washburn University, Topeka, KS 6621, USA
S. S. Jones and K. K. Kidwell, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WW99164, USA
Plant Genomics
Thomas Blake, Victoria Carollo Blake and Jackie Campbell, Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, USA
Crop Genetics And Physiology
M.A. Arterburn, Department of Biology, Washburn University, Topeka, USA
A. Dhingra, Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
Growth and Production of Barley
Vinod Tiwari, Crop Improvement Division, Directorate of Wheat Research (ICAR), Karnal (India).
Growth and Production of Wheat
Vinod Tiwari and Jag Shoran, Crop Improvement Division, Directorate of Wheat Research (ICAR), Karnal, India.
Growth and Production of Maize: Mechanized Cultivation
E.D. Nafziger, Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Goodwin, Urbana IL, USA
Growth and Production of Sorghum and Millets
P.V. Vara Prasad and Scott A. Staggenborg, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA
Growth and Production of Rice
Donn H. Beighley, Southeast Missouri State University, Malden, Missouri, USA
Potato Production Systems and Disease Resistance
Lawrence Kawchuk, Pathology Research,Agriculture Agri-Food Can Research Centre, Canada
Growth and Production of Maize: Traditional Low-Input Cultivation
Willy Verheye, National Science Foundation Flanders and Geography Department, University of Ghent, Belgium
Growth and Production of Oat and Rye
Vinod Tiwari, Crop Improvement Division, Directorate of Wheat Research (ICAR), Karnal, India.
Growth and Production of Groundnuts
P.V. Vara Prasad, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Vijaya Gopal Kakani, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA
Hari D. Upadhyaya, International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Growth and Production of Cotton
J. Stewart, Department of Crop,Soil and Environmental Sciences,University of Arkansas, USA
Stella K. Kantartzi, Department of Crop,Soil and Environmental Sciences,University of Arkansas, USA
Hops and Hop Growing
Alfred Haunold, USDA Research Crop Sciences,Oregon State University, USA
Growth and Production of Sugarcane
Willy Verheye, National Science Foundation Flanders and Geography Department, University of Ghent, Belgium
Growth and Production of Kiwifruit and Kiwiberry
Filip Debersaques and Omer Mekers, University College Ghent, Faculty of Biosciences and Landscape Architecture, University Ghent, Belgium
Tropical Root and Tuber Crops
Vincent Lebot, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Montpellier, France
Growth and Production of Rubber
Willy Verheye, National Science Foundation Flanders and Geography Department, University of Ghent, Belgium
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Ákos Máthé, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, University of West Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary
Growth And Production of Oil Palm
Willy Verheye, National Science Foundation Flanders and Geography Department, University of Ghent, Belgium
Perennial Energy Crops: Growth and Management
M. Weih, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Growth and Production of Herbaceous Energy Crops
Martin Weih, Dept. Crop Production Ecology,Swedish Univ of Agric. Sci., Sweden
Growth and Production of Herbaceous Energy Crops
David J. Parrish and John H. Fike, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Forage and Pasture Management
Larry A. Redmon, Soil and Crop Sci. dept.,Texas A&M University, USA
Weed Science and Management
J. A. Kelton, Agronomy and Soils Department, Auburn University, USA
A. J. Price, USDA-ARS, National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn University, Alabama AL36832, USA
Growth and Production of Coffee
Hermann A. Jürgen Pohlan, Consultant, Nordpromenade 11, D-06246 Bad Lauchstädt, Germany
Marc J. J. Janssens, Consultant, Beauregard 14, B 7830 Silly-Hellebecq, Belgium
Ethnopedology and Folk Soil Taxonomies
Pavel Krasilnikov, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autуnoma de Mйxico, Mexico City, Mexico, and Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Center of RAS, Petrozavodsk, Russia
Joseph Tabor, Office of Arid Lands Studies, the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Soil, Food Security and Human Health
Eric C. Brevik, Associate Professor of Geology and Soils, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND, United States of America
Soil Education and Public Awareness
Rob Harrison, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, US
Brian Strahm, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, US
Xiu Yi, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xian, China
Olive Growing in a Time of Change
Luis Rallo and Concepción Muñoz-Díez, Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
The World Citrus Industry
Thomas H. Spreen, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Growth and Production of Coconut
Steve Adkins and Mike Foale, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Hugh Harries, Coconut Time Line, Weymouth, England
History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Soil Science
Eric C. Brevik, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND, United States of America
Alfred E. Hartemink, ISRIC - World Soil Information, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands
The World Banana Industr
Thomas H. Spreen, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Growth and Production of Cacao
Hermann A. Jürgen Pohlan, Consultant, Nordpromenade 11, D 06246 Bad Lauchstädt, Germany
Valentín Díaz Pérez, Consultant, Camí de can Minguet, 47, SP-08173. Sant Cugat del Valles, Barcelona, Spain
Growth and Production of Pulses
Virender Sardana, Pushp Sharma and Parvender Sheoran, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141 004, India
Growth and Production of Cashew Nut
F. A. Kapinga, L. J. F. Kasuga and E. M. Kafiriti, Naliendele Agricultural Research Institute, Mtwara, Tanzania
Growth And Production of Sesame
Elly Kafiriti and Omari Mponda, Naliendele Agricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Co-operatives, Mtwara, Tanzania
Herbs and Leaf Crops : Cilantro, Broadleaf Ilantro And Vegetable Amaranth
J. Pablo Morales-Payan, Department of Crops and Agro-Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Perennial Spice Crops: Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Clove and Nutmeg
Muthuswamy Anandaraj, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, India>
Cardamom, Ginger and Turmeric
Muthuswamy Anandaraj, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, India
M. R. Sudharshan, Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Spices Board, Myladumpara, India
Cumin, Fennel and Fenugreek
E. V. Divakara Sastry, SKN College of Agriculture, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Jobner, India
Muthuswamy Anandaraj, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut, India
Ornamental Plants and Floriculture
Eddy Volckaert and Bruno Gobin, Ornamental Plant Research Center, Destelbergen-Gent, Belgium
Mangosteen And Rambutan
Bryan R. Brunner and J. Pablo Morales-Payan, Department of Crops and Agro-Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Sapote, Sapodilla and Star Apple
Bryan R. Brunner and J. Pablo Morales-Payan, Department of Crops and Agro-Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Chirimoya and Loquat
Julián Cuevas González, Department of Crop Production, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain
Mónica González Fernández and Juan José Hueso Martín, Department of Subtropical and Mediterranean Fruit Crops, Experimental Station of Cajamar Foundation, Almeria, Spain
Biodiversity of Date Palm
Abdullah A. Jaradat, USDA-ARS, 803 Iowa Avenue, Morris, MN 56267 USA
Virus Diseases of Ornamentals
John Hammond and Ramon Jordan, USDA-ARS, USNA, Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Anna Maria Vaira, CNR, IVV, 10195 Torino, Italy
Crops, Their Wild Relatives and Centers of Origin
Nalini Mallikarjuna and Rajeev K Varshney, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Andhra Pradesh, India
Phenology And Climate Change
Frans E. Wielgolaski, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Timothy H. Sparks, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, Technische Universität München, Germany and Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland
E lisabeth J. Koch, ZAMG (Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics), Vienna, Austria
Marie Russell Keatley, Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, Creswick, Australia
