Soil science and management

This volume comprises select papers presented during the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2018.

This book reviews the history and development of rhizobial ecology (diversity, function and interactions with the biotic and abiotic environments), evolution (genome diversification, systematics of symbiotic genes) and application.

Microbial communities and their functions play a crucial role in the management of ecological, environmental and agricultural health on the Earth.

Several textbooks and edited volumes are currently available on general soil fertility but to date none have been dedicated to the study of "e;Sustainable Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Soil.

This book highlights the environmental footprints and best practices in sustainable agriculture.

Halophytes are those plant species that can tolerate high salt concentrations.

This book is a compilation of latest work in the field of urban soil management.

This book discusses the cross-talk between plants and microbes in the rhizosphere.

This book is the first to systematically explore experimental erosion by integrating theory, erosion observations, and conservation applications.

Arsenic is likely the most talked-about metalloid in the modern world because of its toxic effects on both animal and plants.

Sustainable management of soils is an important global issue of the 21st century.

This textbook provides practical guidelines on conducting experiments across the entire spectrum of environmental biotechnology.

Microbial enzymes play a vital role in maintaining soil health and removing pollutants from contaminated land.

This volume presents select papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics.

This edited volume covers all aspects of the latest research in the field of soil formation and its functioning, soil diversity, soil proteomics, the impact of anthropogenic activities on the pedosphere, plant-microbe interactions in the pedosphere, and factors influencing the formation and functioning of the soils.

Fertilizers have been used extensively around the globe since the Green Revolution, due to the high subsidies.

This book represents the first comprehensive edition, in English, on the soils of Brazil, in the challenge of illustrating all the biomes of a country of truly continental dimension.

This book focuses on case studies from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand and the USA in various ground improvement projects.

This book describes the environment in Galicia (NW Spain), with researchers and professors presenting their own photographs of relevant aspects.

This book describes the environment in Galicia (NW Spain), with researchers and professors presenting their own photographs of relevant aspects.

A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Driven Piles in Sands reviews the critical need to develop better load-test databases for piles driven in sands.

This book helps the readers get a holistic understanding of the emergence of biochar-nanocomposite research.

This book helps the readers get a holistic understanding of the emergence of biochar-nanocomposite research.

The alkaline calcareous nature, high pH, salinity, heavy metals pollution, and low organic matter content of soils in many parts of the world have diminished the soil fertility and made essential nutrients unavailable to crops.

This volume contains 22 chapters introducing a wide range of semi-arid and geologic landscapes.

This book focuses on drylands such as arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas where they form the main part of ecosystems, e.

This volume brings together contributions from world renowned researchers and practitioners  in the field of geotechnical engineering.

This book covers the wider aspects of the microbiology of hot desert soil ecosystems, compiling disparate information from a range of relevant desert soil microbial fields.

This volume presents select papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics.

This volume presents select papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics.

This volume presents select papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of pedology in Ireland.

Nitrogen (N) is potentially one of the most complex elements on the Earth.

Reviews a wide range of methods for soil physical analysis.

This book offers an introduction to the soils of Aotearoa New Zealand, structured according to the New Zealand soil classification system.

The current scenario of increasing sensitivity towards the sustainable agriculture has given a large space to extensively utilize natural resources that are environmental friendly and are a good replacement of chemicals in agriculture.

The book illustrates the use of putative microbial agents which provide good protection to the plant from biotic pathogens attack.

This book analyses climate change influences on rainfall erosivity and soil erosion across Central Asia, provides an overview (past and projections) on the Central Asian countries where projected changes in rainfall erosivity and erosivity density are the greatest, and discusses the potential impacts on the environment across the region.

Soil fertility is the backbone of agricultural systems and plays a key role in determining food quantity and quality.

This book presents the forensic geoscience in general and, in particular, in Italy and their application to peculiar crimes.

The dependence of present farming on artificial input of "e;chemical fertilizers"e; has caused numerous ecological tribulations associated with global warming and soil contamination.

Bioremediation is the use of microorganisms' metabolism to degrade waste contaminants (sewage, domestic, and industrial effluents) into non-toxic or less toxic materials by natural biological processes.

Die wichtigsten Gesetze und Verordnungen werden vorgestellt und die Rechtslage an Hand aktueller Rechtssprechung dargelegt.

This book summarise advanced knowledge and methods to recycle waste and fertilise soils in agriculture.

This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview on soils of Greece.

This book publishes consolidated information on the soils of Nepal from all possible sources.

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of saline and alkaline soils in Latin America, known for having one of the most extensive surface of salt-affected soils in the world.

I write because I am concerned that I and my agricultural colleagues have avoided addressing the moral dimension of the environmental and social problems we have contributed to.

An increasing population has put tremendous pressure on agricultural productivity to fulfill the demands of human consumption.

This book explores the significance of soil microbial diversity to understand its utility in soil functions, ecosystem services, environmental sustainability, and achieving the sustainable development goals.