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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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 bio...

Table of Contents:

• Soil Quality Management : Concepts and Terms / P. Schjønning, S. Elmholt and B.T. Christensen
• Soil Quality, Fertility and Health : Historical Context, Status and Perspectives / D.L. Karlen, S.S. Andrews and B.J. Wienhold
• Soil Acidity : Resilience and Thresholds / A.E. Johnston
• Tightening the Nitrogen Cycle / B.T. Christensen
• Phosphorus : Surplus and Deficiency / L.M. Condron
• Sustainable Management of Potassium / M. Askegaard, J. Eriksen and A.E. Johnston
• Developing and Maintaining Soil Organic Matter Levels / W.A. Dick and E.G. Gregorich
• Microbial Diversity in Soil : Effects on Crop Health / C. Alabouvette, D. Backhouse, C. Steinberg, N.J. Donovan, V. Edel-Hermann and L.W. Burgess
• Biological Soil Quality from Biomass to Biodiversity : Importance and Resilience to Management Stress and Disturbance / L. Brussaard, T.W. Kuyper, W.A.M. Didden, R.G.M. de Goede and J. Bloem
• Subsoil Compaction and Ways to Prevent It / J.J.H. Van den Akker and P. Schjønning
• Management-induced Soil Structure Degradation : Organic Matter Depletion and Tillage / B.D. Kay and L.J. Munkholm
• Soil Erosion : Processes, Damages and Countermeasures / G. Govers, J. Poesen and D. Goossens
• Recyclable Urban and Industrial Waste : Benefits and Problems in Agricultural Use / R. Naidu, M. Megharaj and G. Owens
• Pesticides in Soil : Benefits and Limitations to Soil Health / M.A. Locke and R.M. Zablotowicz
• Systems Approaches for Improving Soil Quality / M.R. Carter, S.S. Andrews and L.E. Drinkwater
• Implementing Soil Quality Knowledge in Land-use Planning / J. Bouma
• Soil Quality in Industrialized and Developing Countries : Similarities and Differences / R. Lal
• Soil Quality Management : Synthesis / P. Schjønning, S. Elmholt and B.T. Christensen.