GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Two: Nutrient Management for Energy Efficiency

462 Pages·2011·17.03 MB·English

by  David E. Clay

GIS
Applications
in Agriculture
Volume Two
Nutrient Management for Energy Efficiency
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Series Editor
Francis J. Pierce
Washington State University, Prosser
GIS Applications in Agriculture, edited by Francis J. Pierce and David E. Clay
GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Two: Nutrient Management for Energy
Efficiency, edited by David E. Clay and John F. Shanahan
GIS Applications in Agriculture, Volume Three: Invasive Species, edited by
Sharon A. Clay
GIS
Applications
in Agriculture
Volume Two
Nutrient Management for Energy Efficiency
Edited by
David E. Clay
John F. Shanahan
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GIS applications in agriculture. Volume two, Nutrient management for energy efficiency /
editors: David E. Clay and John F. Shanahan.
p. cm. -- (GIS applications in agriculture)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4200-9270-7 (alk. paper)
1. Agriculture--Remote sensing. 2. Geographic information systems. 3. Agricultural
mapping. 4. Agriculture--Data processing. 5. Plants--Nutrition. I. Clay, David (David E.) II.
Shanahan, John Francis, 1955- III. Title: Nutrient management for energy efficiency. IV. Series:
GIS applications in agriculture series.
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Contents
Series Preface ............................................................................................................ix
Preface.......................................................................................................................xi
Editors ....................................................................................................................xiii
Contributors .............................................................................................................xv
Chapter 1 Energy and Climate Implications for Agricultural Nutrient Use
Efficiency ..............................................................................................1
Adam J. Liska and Richard K. Perrin
Chapter 2 Nutrient Management for Improved Energy Efficiency .....................19
F. Mamani Pati, David E. Clay, and Gregg Carlson
Chapter 3 Using Precision Farming to Overcome Yield-Limiting Factors
in Southern Brazil Oxisols: A Case Study .........................................31
Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado and Antônio Luis Santi
Chapter 4 Collecting and Analyzing Soil Spatial Information Using
Kriging and Inverse Distance .............................................................61
David W. Franzen
Chapter 5 Integration of USDA-NRCS Web Soil Survey and Site
Collected Data ....................................................................................81
Kurtis D. Reitsma and Douglas D. Malo
Chapter 6 Space, Time, Remote Sensing, and Optimal Nitrogen
Fertilization Rates: A Fuzzy Logic Approach .................................101
Nicolas Tremblay, Yacine M. Bouroubi, Bernard Panneton,
Philippe Vigneault, and Serge Guillaume
Chapter 7 Digital Northern Great Plains and Zone Mapping Application
for Precision Agriculture ..................................................................123
Xiaodong Zhang
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Chapter 8 Spatial Variability of Field Machinery Use and Efficiency .............135
Viacheslav I. Adamchuk, Robert D. Grisso,
and Michael F. Kocher
Chapter 9 Precision Manure Application Requirements ..................................147
John Nowatzki
Chapter 10 Case Study for Improving Nutrient Management Efficiency
by Optimizing the Plant Population .................................................157
Gregg Carlson, David E. Clay, and Joseph Schefers
Chapter 11 Soil Water Status Maps for Variable Rate Irrigation .......................173
C.B. Hedley and I.J. Yule
Chapter 12 Maximizing Nutrient Efficiency through the Adoption of
Management Practices That Maintain Soil Organic Carbon:
Calculating Carbon Turnover Kinetics ............................................191
David E. Clay, Gregg Carlson, and Sharon A. Clay
Chapter 13 Predictive Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon: A Case Study
Using Geographically Weighted Regression Approach ...................209
Umakant Mishra and Rattan Lal
Chapter 14 Tillage and Crop Residue Effects on Soil Carbon Turnover
Using the Michaelis–Menten Approach ...........................................235
Mahdi Al-Kaisi
Chapter 15 Geospatial Management of Andean Technology by the Inca
Empire ..............................................................................................255
F. Mamani Pati, David E. Clay, and H. Smeltekop
Chapter 16 Calculating Energy Efficiency of Applying Fresh
and Composted Manure to Soil ........................................................265
R.J. Wiederholt, Shafiqur Rahman, and A. Ehni
Chapter 17 Quantifying Greenhouse Gas (CO , CH, and NO) Fluxes
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from Soil in a Pasture .......................................................................277
Nsalambi V. Nkongolo
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Chapter 18 Improved Nitrogen and Energy-Use Efficiency Using NIR-
Estimated Soil Organic Carbon and N Simulation Modeling..........301
Christopher J. Graham, Harold M. van Es,
Jeffrey J. Melkonian, and David A. Laird
Chapter 19 Computing Wheat Nitrogen Requirements from Grain Yield
and Protein Maps..............................................................................321
Daniel S. Long and R.E. Engel
Chapter 20 Review of Low- and High-Technology Nitrogen Management
Approaches for Improved Nitrogen Use Efficiency .........................337
Daryl B. Arnall and Robert W. Mullen
Chapter 21 Use of GIS-Based Site-Specific Nitrogen Management
for Improving Energy Efficiency......................................................359
Kevin F. Bronson, Peter C. Scharf, and Newell R. Kitchen
Chapter 22 Geographic Information and the Management
of Animal Manure .......................................................................385
D.A. Crouse and J.L. Havlin
Chapter 23 Spatial Ramifications of Crop Selection: Water Quality
and Biomass Energy .........................................................................395
M.P. Russelle, D.W. Kelley, A.S. Birr, and D.G. Tiffany
Chapter 24 Estimating Soil Productivity and Energy Efficiency Using the
USDA Web Soil Survey, Soil Productivity Index Calculator,
and Biofuel Energy Systems Simulator ............................................425
Kurtis D. Reitsma, R. Kyle Heimerl, and Thomas E. Schumacher
Index ......................................................................................................................445

Series Preface
From its initial use in the 1960s by cartographers who wanted to adopt computer
techniques in mapmaking, geographic information systems (GIS) have become an
essential and efficient toolkit in all aspects of agriculture from farm management and
resource conservation to a broad range of agribusiness applications. Recognizing
that few examples from agriculture were used in teaching or demonstrating GIS,
my good friend Max Crandall envisioned a book dedicated to applications of GIS
in agriculture that could provide learning opportunities to scientists, educators, stu-
dents, consultants, and farmers in either formal or informal settings. Max formed a
small group, including Pierre C. Robert, Harold Reitz Jr., Matthew Yen, and myself,
that shared numerous ideas about such a book over phone conversations. With the
untimely death of Pierre C. Robert in December 2003, interest in the book dimin-
ished until 2006 when CRC Press, through the efforts of one of its editors, John
Sulzycki, agreed to publish the book entitled GIS Applications in Agriculture edited
by Francis J. Pierce and David E. Clay, which appeared in February 2007. With a
long-term commitment from CRC Press to Max Crandall’s vision, this book became
a book series on GIS Applications in Agriculture for which I am series editor.
GIS Applications in Agriculture: Nutrient Management for Energy Efficiency
edited by David E. Clay and John F. Shanahan is the second volume in this book
series. This book includes 24 chapters on various topics dealing with geospatial
aspects of tillage, and nutrient, water, and energy use in agriculture. Like the first
volume, detailed applications are provided in many chapters with datasets and color
figures on a separate CD for readers to use in teaching and learning GIS or directly
applying them to situations they face in agriculture. I am grateful to David E. Clay
for agreeing to develop this volume and to his coeditor, John Shanahan, for the hard
work that went into organizing and editing it, and to the chapter authors for their
excellent contributions to what I believe are interesting and useful applications of
GIS in agriculture. I would also like to thank Randy Brehm, the CRC Press editor for
this volume, and all those at CRC Press who made this volume possible.
As series editor, it is my responsibility to seek new book ideas and capable editors
to create additional books in this series on topics of importance to agriculture that
provide relevant applications of GIS in agriculture. I invite those who have ideas for
new volumes in the GIS Applications in Agriculture series to contact myself or CRC
Press to discuss publishing opportunities.
Francis J. Pierce
Series Editor
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