Soil science and management

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.

This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive report on the soils of Wisconsin, a state that offers a rich tapestry of soils.

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

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

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

The Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies at Connecticut College is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary program that builds on one of the nation's leading undergraduate environmental studies programs.

Experts in soil and environmental sciences as well as in the theory of wave propagation and numerical modeling methods provide a comprehensive account of different aspects of pollutant migration in soils, aquifers, and other geological formations.

This book describes the mechanisms of nutrient taken up by plants at the biochemical and molecular level.

The Boron '97 meeting was a great success in summarising all recent developments in basic and applied research on boron's function, especially in plants.

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Advances in Agronomy has the highest impact factor among serial publications in Agriculture.

The prevailing global environmental crisis is primarily because of non-standardized parameters for environmental regulation.

Mercury is outstanding among the global environmental pollutants of continuing th concern.

This book represents a rather complicated history of encounters, changes in research interest and some very interesting results.

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

Air pollution is an alarming problem, not only in terms of air quality, but also in relation to health issues.

Sustainable agriculture is a rapidly growing field aiming at producing food and energy in a sustainable way for humans and their children.

Recognized experts present incisive analysis of both fundamental and applied problems in this continuation of a highly acclaimed series.

Over the past few decades, mankind has observed an unprecedented and remarkable growth in industry, resulting in a more prosperous lifestyle for peoples of many countries.

The purpose of our present work is to review the fundamental studies on inhibition of soil urease activity and the applied studies on improving efficiency of urea fertilizers by inhibition of soil urease activity.

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

The book 'Root Biology' written by experts in the field, covers latest research on cellular, genetic, physiological and ecological developmental facets of root growth as well as the interaction of root with an array of microbes whether for the establishment of symbiosis, increasing plant growth or protecting plant from pathogens/attackers.

The huge expansion of the chemical and petroleum industries in the twentieth century has resulted in the production of a vast array of chem- ical compounds and materials that have transformed our lives.

Waschmittel haben eine wichtige Aufgabe in der Hygiene.

This book introduces basic and practical information on fertigation to researchers, extension agents and growers.

This book deals with the conservation and improvement of the forest soil.

This Special Issue of Water, Air and Soil Pollution offers contributions from the th 18 IUFRO workshop on Air Pollution Stress, Forest Responses to the Pollution st Climate of the 21 Century held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from September 21 to 23,1998.

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

Diffusion in Natural Porous Media: Contaminant Transport, Sorption/Desorption and Dissolution Kinetics introduces the general principles of diffusion in the subsurface environment and discusses the implications for the fate and transport of contaminants in soils and groundwater.

Environmental chemistry is a new, fast developing science aimed at deciphering fundamental mechanisms ruling the behaviour of pollutants in ecosystems.

This Volume comprises 14 chapters in an attempt to provide the reader with available information on safe and effective use of entomopathogens.

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

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.

Water is vital to life, maintenance of ecological balance, economic development, and sustenance of civilization.

This book explores the role of nanofertilizers in sustainable and efficient agricultural practices of the 21st century.

Shallow lakes differ from deep ones in many aspects of nutrient dynamics, biotic structure and interactions of various trophic levels.

Biogeochemistry, still in its formative stage twenty years ago, is now a young, interdisciplinary subfield of earth sciences, life sciences and chemistry.

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 presents recent lessons learned in the context of research and development for various dryland ecosystems, focusing on water resources management, land and vegetation cover degradation and remediation, and socioeconomic aspects, as well as integrated approaches to ensuring water and land security in view of the current and predicted climate change.

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.

The subject of acid deposition remains one of the most urgent of our contemporary environmental problems.

My auxiliaries are the dews and rains which water this dry soil, and what fertility is in the soil itself, which for the most part is lean and effete.

This volume comprises select papers presented during the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2018, discussing issues and challenges relating to the characterization of geomaterials, modelling approaches, and geotechnical engineering education.

Ladies a n d g e n t 1 e m e n , I have the pleasure to welcome you here in Prague in the name of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and to open the Fifth Inter- national Colloquium on Soil Zoology.

This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environmental management.

This textbook focuses specifically on the combined topics of irrigation and drainage engineering.