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Front Cover; Advances in Agronomy; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One: Soil: The Forgotten Piece of the Water, Food, Energy Nexus; 1. Introduction; 2. Soil-A Missing Nexus Component; 2.1. Functionality of Soil; 2.2. Current State of Soils; 2.3. Soil Degradation; 2.4. Soil Erosion; 2.4.1. Climate Change, Especially Extreme Rainfall and Heat; 2.4.2. Urban Expansion-Covering of Productive Soils; 2.4.3. Growing Food Demand Placing Increased Pressure on the Soil Resource; 2.4.4. Linkage of Soils to Food; 2.4.5. Linkage of Soils to Water; 2.4.6. Linkage of Soils to Energy
2.4.7. Improving Soils3. Scale of the Interface Between Soils and Ecosystem Services; 3.1. Field; 3.2. Landscape; 3.3. Watershed; 4. Implications of Soil as a Component of the Food, Energy, Water Nexus; 5. Challenges; 5.1. Enhancing the Soil Resource to Reduce Soil Degradation; 5.2. Soil as a Component in the Food, Energy, Water Nexus; References; Chapter Two: Humin: Its Composition and Importance in Soil Organic Matter; 1. Introduction; 2. Historical Perspectives of Humic Substances and Humin; 2.1. Selected Theories for the Genesis of Humic Substances; 2.2. Humin in the Historical Context
3. Modern Approaches to Studies of Humina3.1. Isolation Processes for Humin; 3.2. Applications of NMR Spectroscopy for Studies of the Compositions of Humins; 3.2.1. Diffusion Editing Relevant to 1H NMR and to Studies of Humin; 3.2.2. 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; 3.2.2.1. CP and Spin Diffusion; 3.2.2.2. Ramped amplitude CPMAS; 3.2.2.3. Chemical Shift Anisotropy; 3.2.2.4. Spinning Side Bands; 3.2.2.5. Magic Angle Spinning; 3.2.2.6. Direct Polarization; 3.2.2.7. Dipolar Dephasing; 3.2.2.8. Dipolar and Quadrupolar Interactions; 3.2.2.9. Paramagnetic Species; 3.2.3. Comprehensive Multiphase NMR
3.3. Two Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy3.3.1. Applications of 1D and 2D NMR to Humin Studies; 4. Information About the Isolation and Compositions of Humin From Applications of Different NMR Procedures; 4.1. Effects of Different Extraction and Fractionation Procedures; 4.2. Information From DE 1H NMR Spectra; 4.3. Information From CMP-NMR for Studies of Humin; 4.4. Applications of 2D NMR Spectroscopy to Studies of Humin; 4.4.1. Total Correlation Spectroscopy; 4.4.2. HMQC Spectroscopy; 4.4.3. HSQC Spectroscopy; 4.4.4. Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy
5. Possible Sources of Humin Components Derived From Plant and Microbial Sources5.1. Cellulose; 5.2. Hemicelluloses; 5.3. Lignin; 5.4. Tannins; 5.5. Lipids; 5.5.1. Sources of Hydrocarbons and Lipids Associated With SOM; 5.6. Cutin and Cutan; 5.7. Suberin and Suberan; 5.8. Latex Materials; 5.9. Algaenan; 5.10. Bacteran; 5.11. Glomalin; 5.12. Melanins; 5.13. Black Carbon, Char/Biochar; 5.14. Summary of Section5; 6. Summation, Significance, and Future Directions; 6.1. Summation; 6.2. Significance of Humin Composition; 6.3. Future Directions; References
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