Plant and Soil Interfaces and Interactions Proceedings of the International Symposium: Plant and Soil: Interfaces and Interactions. Wageningen, The Netherlands August 6–8, 1986

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Synopsis

Forty years ago, when PLANT AND SOIL first appeared, Europe was still recovering from the devastating effects of World War II. During the war years, work in many centres of agricultural research had come to a virtual standstill. Buildings and equipment were destroyed, scientists were often forced to terminate their research and teaching activities and funds allocated to such work were diverted to other, at that time, more pressing needs. During the first post-war years reconstruction was undertaken with great zeal and in that light the founding of the new journal PLANT AND SOIL must be viewed. In the pre-war period most agricultural science journals were still primarily national ones and consequently many articles were published in languages mastered by only a limited number of potential readers. In small countries whose languages are not widely understood, the desire arose to publish research findings in one of the major languages. It is therefore understandable that in the early years of the journal's existence, large portions of PLANT AND SOIL were filled with articles from the Scandinavian countries and The Nether­ lands. Originally, rather frequent use was made of the opportunity to publish also in German and French, but with the advance of English as a major language of communication, a decline was noticeable in the number of German and French manuscripts submitted. As a consequence the Edi­ torial Board has recently decided to terminate the publishing of articles in these languages.

Book details

Edition:
1987
Series:
Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences (Book 28)
Author:
S. Dasberg, A. Houwers, S.K. de Datta, R.O.D. Dixon, M.A. El-Sharkawy, R. Rodriguez-Kábana
ISBN:
9789400936270
Related ISBNs:
9789024735358
Publisher:
Springer Netherlands
Pages:
381
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-06-24
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1987
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Earth Sciences, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Science