Visual soil evaluation : realizing potential crop production with minimum environmental impact /

• Other Authors: Ball, Bruce C., (Editor), Munkholm, Lars J., (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015.
• Subjects: Crops and soils.; Soils > Analysis.; Soils > Quality.; Soil structure.; Soil chemistry.; Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.; Soil Physics.; Soil Morphology, Formation and Classification.; Soil Surveys and Land Evaluation.; Soil Fertility.; Soil Management.; Techniques and Methodology.; Agriculture.; Analytical methods.; Climate change.; Losses from soil.; Nutrients.; Productivity.; Soil.; Soil analysis.; Soil degradation.; Soil management.; Soil quality.; Sustainability.; Techniques.
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This book with nine chapters describes the main methods for visual soil evaluation (VSE) of soil structure and soil-related properties. It includes clear visual images of the variation of soil quality and how these relate to soil productivity and environmental sustainability. Such images raise aware...

Table of Contents:

• Describing soil structures, rooting and biological activity and recognizing tillage effects, damage and recovery in clayey and sandy soils / Anne Weill and Lars J. Munkholm
• Assessing structural quality for crop performance and for agronomy (VESS, VSA, SOILpak, Profil cultural, SubVESS) / Tom Batey, Rachel M.L. Guimarães, Joséphine Peigné and Hubert Boizard
• Reduction of yield gaps and improvement of ecological function through local-to-global applications of visual soil assessment / David C. McKenzie, Mansonia A. Pulido Moncada and Bruce C. Ball
• Visual evaluation of grassland and arable management impacts on soil quality / Lars J. Munkholm and Nicholas M. Holden
• Choosing and Evaluating Soil Improvements by Subsoiling and Compaction Control / Richard J. Godwin and Gordon Spoor
• Valuing the Neglected : Lessons and Methods from an Organic, Anthropic Soil System in the Outer Hebrides / Mary Norton Scherbatskoy, Anthony C. Edwards and Berwyn L. Williams
• Evaluating land quality for carbon storage, greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient leaching / Joanna M. Cloy, Bruce C. Ball and T. Graham Shepherd
• Soil structure under adverse weather/climate conditions / Rachel M.L. Guimarães, Owen Fenton, Brian W. Murphy and Cássio A. Tormena
• The expanding discipline and role of Visual Soil Evaluation / Bruce C. Ball and Lars J. Munkholm.