Soil science and management

In this updated and expanded second edition, new literature has been added on contaminant fate in the soil-subsurface environment.

The most recent advances in research on coastal saline soil rehabilitation and utilization based on forestry approach are discussed.

Written out of the author's experience at the laboratories in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences at Banaras Hindu University, this book addresses the need for identifying and addressing deficiencies in soil, water, and plants.

This book describes and comprehensively illustrates the soils of the world in accordance with the worldwide WRB classification.

Plant-parasitic nematodes are recognized as one of the greatest threats to crop production throughout the world.

Umweltbelastung bedeutet nicht nur Schadstoffe in die Umwelt abzugeben, die Menschen, Tiere und Pflanzen beeinträchtigen.

Plant-parasitic nematodes are recognized as one of the greatest threats to crop production throughout the world.

Plant-parasitic nematodes are recognized as one of the greatest threats to crop production throughout the world.

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

This book presents new studies dealing with the attempts made by the scientists and practitioners to address contemporary issues in geotechnical engineering such as characterization of soil, geomaterials, soil stability and some other geomechanics issues that are becoming quite relevant in today's world.

This book reviews the distribution of soils across Egypt, their history, genesis, pollution and management.

This book explains the tragic tale of the Satluj floodplain since its inception.

This book presents advanced ecological techniques for crop cultivation and the chapters are arranged into four sections, namely general aspects, weeds, fungi, worms and microbes.

A comprehensive book on basic processes of soil C dynamics and the underlying factors and causes which determine the technical and economic potential of soil C sequestration.

Researchers now recognize that above- and belowground communities are indirectly linked to one another, often by plant-mediated mechanisms.

This book provides case studies on cultivating alternative crops and presents new cropping systems in many regions of the world.

This book presents ecological principles and applications of managing biodiversity in agriculture to decrease pesticide use and produce safe food.

This proceedings volume focuses on different aspects of environmental assessment, monitoring, and management of urban and technogenic soils.

This book discusses how research efforts have established an organic link between pedology and edaphology of five pedogenetically important soil orders as Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols, Vertisols and Inceptisols of tropical Indian environments.

This book offers an overview of geospatial technologies in land resources mapping, monitoring and management.

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.

This is the first comprehensive book on Argentinian pedology.

Soils are neither good nor bad, but some have inherent or acquired characteristics that may or may not suit our intended use.

This book deals with a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of pedology in Ireland.

This interdisciplinary proceedings book addresses highly relevant topics in urbanization and its environmental impacts and presents case studies revealing the negative environmental consequences of the anthropogenic and technogenic pressures.

The book is a practical manual which has been created to support the syllabus of agro-meteorology courses specifically designed for graduate and post-graduate students.

This unique book addresses Iran's extremely rich soil diversity and resources, which have developed under various climatic conditions ranging from dry to humid conditions.

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.

This book presents an important discussion on soil and sustainable agriculture from a range of perspectives, addressing key topics such as sustainable intensification, the FAO Voluntary Guidelines, and the crucial role of appropriate tenure rights.

This book presents cases from different countries with a main focus on the perspectives of using precision farming in Europe.

This book provides information about the nontarget nature of selected soil enzymes which are implicated in soil fertility and health and the methods for their assay.

This book summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding antibiotics and antibiotics resistance genes (ARGs) in the soil environment.

This book provides in-depth reviews of the role of Rhizobium in agriculture and its biotechnological applications.

This book compiles all available and relevant information concerning the soils of Turkey, including the soil survey studies conducted by universities and governmental institutes from the early 1950s until today.

Earthwork projects are critical components in civil construction and often require detailed management techniques and unique solution methods to address failures.

This textbook offers a superb introduction to theoretical and practical soil mechanics.

This volume reviews our current knowledge and novel research areas on Pochonia chlamydosporia, a cosmopolitan fungus occurring in soils as a saprophyte yet capable of colonizing the rhizosphere of crops as an endophyte and behaving as a parasite of eggs of plant-parasitic nematodes.

As part of its efforts to improve fertilizer use and efficiency in West Africa, and following the recent adoption of the West African fertilizer recommendation action plan (RAP) by ECOWAS, this volume focuses on IFDC's technical lead with key partner institutions and experts to build on previous and current fertilizer recommendations for various crops and countries in West Africa for wider uptake by public policy makers and fertilizer industry actors.

As part of its efforts to improve fertilizer use and efficiency in West Africa, and following the recent adoption of the West African fertilizer recommendation action plan (RAP) by ECOWAS, this volume focuses on IFDC's technical lead with key partner institutions and experts to build on previous and current fertilizer recommendations for various crops and countries in West Africa for wider uptake by public policy makers and fertilizer industry actors.

This book deals with a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children.

This book provides guidelines to key soil taxa in the deserts of Kuwait and guidance to associated procedures for laboratory analyses of soils, leading to land use planning on informed decisions.

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

This volume explores specific approaches that have shown to result in crop yield increases.