Soil science and management

Soil Fertility Evaluation and Control presents the theoretical background for practical applications of scientific work on soil fertility.

The new edition of a bestseller, Water Flow in Soils bridges the fields of soil physics-where descriptions of water flow tend to be microscopic- and hydrology - where they tend to be macroscopic.

Learn the secrets of soil chemistry and its role in agriculture and the environment.

A perpetual bestseller, this third edition explores environmental quality from the perspective of soil science.

Crop water use can be increased by management of surface runoff, groundwater, irrigation, and soil water.

Save time and effort with this practical guide to all aspects of water and soil conservation Soil and Water Conservation Handbook is a concise, compact encyclopedia of the policies, practices, conditions, and terms related to soil and/or water conservation.

Understanding attenuation processes is important not only for predicting the behavior of contaminants in soil and formulating remediation strategies, but also for mitigating and enhancing the availability of micronutrients in soil for agricultural applications.

This book analyses the complexities of the rhizosphere ecosystem and discusses the role of insect pheromones in shaping soil health and vermicompost production.

The use of organic management practices in field cropping continues to rise globally, and these methods have proven to be a viable way to produce food with reduced resource use and environmental damage.

This book offers a positive response to the challenge to both conserve and improve the soil and water situation particularly on sloping lands.

Learn to create and use simulation modelsthe most reliable and cost-effective tools for predicting real-world results!

Produce more abundant, high-quality crops with the information you'll find in this book!

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of sustainable and smart agriculture, as presented by leading  researchers at the XII Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture (FMPMSA), held in Lublin, Poland, on June 12-14, 2024.

This book analyses the complexities of the rhizosphere ecosystem and discusses the role of insect pheromones in shaping soil health and vermicompost production.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of sustainable and smart agriculture, as presented by leading  researchers at the XII Farm Machinery and Processes Management in Sustainable Agriculture (FMPMSA), held in Lublin, Poland, on June 12-14, 2024.

The Role of Plant Roots in Crop Production presents the state of knowledge on environmental factors in root growth and development and their effect on the improvement of the yield of annual crops.

The lives of more than a billion people depend on the answer!

Historically, research on the methods and amounts of trace element application to agriculture soils for correcting plant deficiencies has received major attention.

Environmental Soil-Landscape Modeling: Geographic Information Technologies and Pedometrics presents the latest methodological developments in soil-landscape modeling.

Reduce the environmentally negative aspects of industrial agriculture with an ecologically sound philosophy!

Discover the latest available knowledge on ways to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere!

The book combines knowledge about salinity problems from soil science and plant science and presents an in-depth treatment of the current scientific findings to enable plant production on saline soils.

The book combines knowledge about salinity problems from soil science and plant science and presents an in-depth treatment of the current scientific findings to enable plant production on saline soils.

The book provides a cross sectoral assessment of the most relevant environmental challenges in the Mediterranean region, including land and water degradation, water and food security, and solution opportunities for these.

The book provides a cross sectoral assessment of the most relevant environmental challenges in the Mediterranean region, including land and water degradation, water and food security, and solution opportunities for these.

In the rhizosphere, exudates from plants and microorganisms as well as stable soil organic matter influence processes that can control plant growth, microbial infections, and nutrient uptake.

Produce more abundant, high-quality crops with the information you'll find in this book!

From bridges and tunnels to nuclear waste repositories, structures require that soils maintain their design engineering properties if the structures are to reach their projected life spans.

Learn to create and use simulation modelsthe most reliable and cost-effective tools for predicting real-world results!

The practitioner or researcher often faces complex alternatives when selecting a method to characterize properties governing a soil process.

This book discusses how important nanotechnology is for increasing agricultural production through better management of the soil and water.

With the help of this guide, you can use obtained test results to evaluate the fertility status of soils and the nutrient element status of plants for crop production purposes.

The lives of more than a billion people depend on the answer!

The third most important cereal crop after wheat and corn, rice is a staple food for more than half of the world's population.

In 2007, the first edition of Handbook of Plant Nutrition presented a compendium of information on the mineral nutrition of plants available at that time-and became a bestseller and trusted resource.

Numerical models have become much more efficient, making their application to problems increasingly widespread.

This book discusses how important nanotechnology is for increasing agricultural production through better management of the soil and water.

Nearly two billion people depend on hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers for food security.

Get the latest sustainable agriculture practices and keep an eye on the future Developing and Extending Sustainable Agriculture: A New Social Contract explores the challenges faced by today's farmers and ranchers to provide practical strategies to develop a twenty-first century system of sustainable agriculture that is economically sound, environmentally compatible, and socially acceptable.

This book looks at how soil develops, what makes fertile soil, and what spoils soil.

This book provides a novel integrated solution for sedimentation problems in major dams in the Damodar River Basin.

History is generally defined as "e;the study of past events, particularly in human affairs"e; and is mostly understood when presented chronologically.

History is generally defined as "e;the study of past events, particularly in human affairs"e; and is mostly understood when presented chronologically.

This book gives detailed information about how soil, water and wastes can be managed to overcome the various global issues via possible nexus thinking.

Phytoremediation is the process that uses plants to remove pollutants from soils.

This book gives detailed information about how soil, water and wastes can be managed to overcome the various global issues via possible nexus thinking.

This book aims to focus on the current state of knowledge and scientific advances about the complex and intertwined issues of regenerative farming as a transformative solution for offsetting the disastrous climate effects of burning fossil fuels and impairments of natural resource bases.

This book aims to focus on the current state of knowledge and scientific advances about the complex and intertwined issues of regenerative farming as a transformative solution for offsetting the disastrous climate effects of burning fossil fuels and impairments of natural resource bases.

Fully revised and updated for its third edition, this book presents the definitive compilation of current knowledge on all aspects of biochar.

An essential book for all gardeners who want to give a bit more thought into the way they gardenAdvice on gardening in harmony with natureFrom gardening during drought conditions to the best friendly fungiPlus how to make the perfect compostA thoughtful and practical book on how to garden in harmony with nature.