Soil science and management

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Exactly 35 years after the first Colloquium was held, the Eleventh International Plant Nutrition Colloquium took place from 30 July to 4 August 1989 in Wageningen, The Netherlands.

This comprehensive reference on the fundamentals of regolith geoscience describes how regolith is developed from parental rocks and emphasises the importance of chemical, physical, water and biological processes in regolith formation.

This volume discusses the general physics of debris flows and various approaches to modeling - including the SEGMENT-Landslide approach - as well as the pros and cons of these approaches and how other approaches are sub-sets of the SEGMENT-Landslide approach.

This book covers the basics of animal manure, or animal dung, and highlights its applications in agriculture and biotechnology.

Agronomic crops have been a source of foods, beverages, fodders, fuels, medicines and industrial raw materials since the dawn of human civilization.

The economic costs of frosts in agriculture and horticulture in many parts of the world can be very significant.

Collapsing engineering soils are a formidable hazard around the world.

This book reviews the factors contributing to the degradation of natural resources in the MENA region caused by climate change and contamination.

Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environ- ments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports, and archival documentations.

Soil moisture plays an important role in the runoff process, and its evaluation can be used as a marker of flood risk or drought occurrence.

The success of shifting cultivation systems developed by subsistence farmers testifies to the resilience of the "e;natural"e; soil-plant ecosystems to recover from the offtake of nutrients in crops and loss of soil struc- ture.

This book presents a summary of terrestrial microbial processes, which are a key factor in supporting healthy life on our planet.

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.

Soil organic carbon (SOC), a key component of the global carbon (C) pool, plays an important role in C cycling, regulating climate, water supplies and biodiversity, and therefore in providing the ecosystem services that are essential to human well-being.

This book focuses on a representative example and one of the world's largest steppe conversions, and provides a detailed overview of the results of the BMBF-funded research project KULUNDA.

Regional Approaches to Water Pollution in the Environment integrates knowledge and experience on pollution problems related to industrial, agricultural and municipal activities and former military sites, with special emphasis on the Black Triangle: the region situated at the borders between North Bohemia, Polish Lower Silesia and South Saxony.

This book deals with the multi-omics approaches to investigate the diversity of endophytes and their interaction with plants in diversified ecological systems.

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.

Chemicals inhibiting the biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids form a new and promising class of herbicides.

Delve into the fascinating world of soil science with "e;The Urban Soil Guide,"e; a comprehensive manual designed for everyone from science beginners to seasoned horticulturists.

Das Buch behandelt Möglichkeiten einer zukünftigen Energieversorgung am Beispiel der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

In the 100 years since the legume-Rhizobium symbiotic nitrogen fixation interaction was first described, interest in this field has grown rapidly.

This book addresses the threats that hamper the achievement of sustainable soil management: soil erosion by water and wind, soil organic carbon loss, nutrient imbalance, salinization, contamination, acidification, loss of soil biodiversity, surface sealing, compaction and water logging.

Band 1 dieses zweibändigen Lehrbuches gibt dem Lernenden aufbauend auf den Grundlagen einen Einstieg in die verfahrenstechnische Behandlung der vielfältigen Probleme mit dispersen Stoffen.

This is the 5th edition of a well-established book Principles of Plant Nutrition which was first published in 1978.

In this book, leading researchers from this field systematically explain the latest research results on anaerobic responses in plants.

This book highlights recent advances in the discipline of biogeochemistry that have directly resulted from the development of critical zone (CZ) science.

Agronomic crops have been a source of foods, beverages, fodders, fuels, medicines and industrial raw materials since the dawn of human civilization.

This book provides a succinct but comprehensive presentation of key geomorphological locations and topics including information about geomorphological heritage and maps to visit the most important sites.

This book deals with the multi-omics approaches to investigate the diversity of endophytes and their interaction with plants in diversified ecological systems.

This work focuses on the potential impact of climate change on soil erosion in a monsoon-dominated sub-tropical region.

This volume provides an overview of the fundamental concepts and recent advancements in organic farming, a form of agriculture that is increasing rapidly in popularity.

This book focuses on the impact of climate change on India, addressing environmental problems and conducting an analysis of the climate change impact on mitigation processes.

The sustainability of both natural and managed ecosystems is strongly influenced by soil biological processes.

Mathematical models are being used more and more widely to study complex dynamic systems (global weather, ecological systems, hydrological systems, nuclear reactors etc.

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

This book presents comprehensive hazard analysis methods for seismic soil liquefaction, providing an update on soil liquefaction by systematically reviewing the phenomenon's occurrence since the beginning of this century.

The book provides reader with a comprehensive up-to-date overview of various aspects of soil pollutants manifestation of toxicity.

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

This edited book collates the research done mainly in Africa on vermicomposting and related technologies that can assist African smallholder farmers in making nutrient rich organic fertilizers from their animal and crop residue wastes.

The book describes the complex and variable laws addressing site contamination, reviewing existing international, regional and national law of relevance to site contamination.

Contaminated sediments represent an ongoing threat to the health of aquatic ecosystems.

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 comprises select proceedings of the annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society.

This book examines the way that lead enters the biosphere and the subsequent environmental impact.

The Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM) is a long-term, whole-watershed study examining the effects of experimentally elevated N and S deposition on a treated watershed, in comparison to the adjacent reference watershed.

This book explores the environmental conditions, particularly the climate and soils, of one of the driest regions on earth, the Central-East of the Sahara.