Soil science and management

This book discusses agricultural diversification, nutritional security and environmental sustainability.

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This book begins with the principal subject of biodiversity in agriculture.

This field guide to introduced dung beetles covers all species found in Australia, including two newly introduced species.

"e;Field screening"e; indicates field analytical tools, and (quick) methods and strategies for on-site or in-situ environmental analysis and assessment of contamination.

In view of the grave consequences of soil degradation on ecosystem functions, food security, biodiversity and human health, this book covers the extent, causes, processes and impacts of global soil degradation, and processes for improvement of degraded soils.

This book describes the vast variety of xenobiotics, such as pesticides, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes, agrochemicals and other pollutants, their interactions with the soil environment, and the currently available strategies and techniques for soil decontamination and bioremediation.

This book is a critical account of tropical agricultural science in the twentieth century, with its successes as well as its fads and failures.

This book presents the basic concepts of quantitative soil science and, within this framework, it seeks to construct a new body of knowledge.

As atmospheric CO2 increases there will almost certainly be alterations in soil carbon fluxes.

This book is dedicated to the occurrence and behaviour of PHEs in the different compartments of the environment, with special reference to soil.

This edited book provides critical insights into changing climate's impact on agriculture and innovative strategies for building resilience.

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

Chemical pesticides continue as a point of major controversy in our society.

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.

Since the publication of   "e;The coconut palm - A monograph"e; in 1960, considerable information has been accrued on the crop through work at research institutes, international organisations and development agencies.

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Rothamsted Millennium Conference "e;Interactions in the Root Environment - an Integrated Approach"e;.

The first Symposium on Recent Advances in Problems of Flow and Transport in Porous Media was held in Marrakech in June '96 and has provided a focus for the utilization of computer methods for solving the many complex problems encountered in the field of solute transport in porous media.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge on the fate and interaction of pharmaceuticals in soil-crop systems.

This book is a comprehensive guide that explores the intricate relationship between chemistry and the environment.

Rice production is affected by changing climate conditions and has the dual role of contributing to global warming through emissions of the greenhouse gas methane.

This book focuses on how hydrogeophysical methods can be applied to solve problems facing environmental engineers, geophysicists, agronomists, hydrologists, soil scientists and hydrogeologists.

This book describes recent developments in soil liquefaction engineering and introduces more appropriate procedures than the current ones to evaluate triggering and consequences of soil liquefaction during earthquakes.

Der Eintrag von Luftschadstoffen ruft teilweise heftige Reaktionen in den betroffenen Ökosystemen hervor.

Written by international authorities in agronomy, Volume 62 contains five comprehensive reviews covering key contemporary topics on crop and soil sciences.

Soil Reinforcement for Anchor Plates and Uplift Response presents a comprehensive and rigorous review of the current knowledge in soil improvement for anchor plates, and is based on original research that includes experimental data on how to enhance uplift response of soil anchor plates by using several soil reinforcement methods.

The edited book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of scientific developments in agricultural sustainability under changing climate conditions.

Soil and water pollution have a serious impact on the environment, and soil scientists and hydrologists need fundamental help for the estimation of the consequences.

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

This two-volume work is an effort to provide a common platform to environmental engineers, microbiologists, chemical scientists, plant physiologists and molecular biologists working with a common aim of sustainable solutions to varied environmental contamination issues.

This book discusses many aspects of plant-nutrient-induced abiotic stress tolerance.

This book provides in-depth reviews of the effects of nanoparticles on the soil environment, their interactions with plants and also their potential applications as nanofertilizers and pesticides.

Agriculture increasingly faces the challenge of balancing its multiple functions in a sustainable way.

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

The importance to preserve soil and water have is increasingly recognized.

The book comprises selected proceedings of the 2016 annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society.

This edited book addresses various aspects of sustainable land management, including existing policy norms and indigenous knowledge.

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

Die vorliegende Studie zeigt, dass der Nährstoff Phosphor in Böden und Landschaften sehr ungleichmäßig verteilt ist.

Nitrogen fixation research is presented as a rapidly developing, synergistic area of modern science, using the methods of, and accumulating data from, many fundamental branches of biology and chemistry.

This book explains the lifecycle of earthworms, biological features, multiplication of worms, species of earthworms that are suitable for vermicomposting, different sources of vermicompost, nutrient recovery and different procedures for making of vermicompost and importance of application of vermicompost in cereal, fruit and vegetable crops.

The potassium solubilizing microorganisms (KSMs) are a rhizospheric microorganism which solubilizes the insoluble potassium (K) to soluble forms of K for plant growth and yield.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This edited book's theme is organized as a part of the GeoMEast 2019 International Congress and Exhibition that was held in Cairo, Egypt, on November 10-14 2019.

This book introduces the concept of soil security and its five dimensions: Capability, Capital, Condition, Connectivity and Codification.