Managing soil quality : challenges in modern agriculture /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
• Subjects: Soil management.; Soils > Quality.; Plant Nutrition.; Pesticide and Drug Residues and Ecotoxicology, (New March 2000); Soil Biology.; Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.; Soil Physics.; Soil Surveys and Land Evaluation.; Soil Fertility.; Soil Management.; Erosion: Soil and Water Conservation.; Pollution and Degradation.; Human Wastes and Refuse.; Industrial Wastes and Effluents.; Agricultural development.; Agricultural soils.; Agriculture.; Biodiversity.; Biomass.; Erosion.; Industrial wastes.; Land use planning.; Microbial flora.; Microorganisms.; Nitrogen.; Nontarget effects.; Pesticide residues.; Pesticides.; Phosphorus.; Plant nutrition.; Potassium.; Precision agriculture.; Refuse.; Soil acidity.; Soil compaction.; Soil degradation.; Soil fertility.; Soil organic matter.; Soil structure.; Soil types.; Subsoil.; Sustainability.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 344 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains 18 chapters dealing with management oriented approach by identifying key issues in soil quality and management options to enhance the sustainability of modern agriculture. Topics covered include major plant nutrients (N, P, K), soil acidity, soil organic matter, soil microbial biomass and biodiversity, subsoil compaction, soil structure degradation, erosion, pesticides, industrial and urban waste. In-depth treatments of the soil quality concepts, its history, and its applicability in research and land use planning in Developed and Developing Countries are also discussed. This book will be of significant interest to post-graduate students and researchers in agronomy and in soil, crop and environmental sciences, and to stakeholders involved in issues related to land use and agricultural development.