Managing Soil Quality

Author : P. Schjønning,S. Elmholt,B. T. Christensen
Publisher : CABI
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 085199850X

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Managing Soil Quality by P. Schjønning,S. Elmholt,B. T. Christensen Pdf

In-depth treatments of the soil quality concept, its history, and its applicability in research and in developed and developing societiesAll 18 chapters are written by well-established experts from Europe, North America and AustraliaSoil quality is a concept that allows soil functions to be related to specific purposes. Managing soil quality takes a management oriented approach by identifying key issues in soil quality and management options to enhance the sustainability of modern agriculture. Topics covered include major plant nutrients (N, P, K), soil acidity, soil organic matter, soil biodiversity, soil compaction, erosion, pesticides and urban waste.

Author : Jerry L. Hatfield,Thomas J. Sauer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780891188537

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Soil Management by Jerry L. Hatfield,Thomas J. Sauer Pdf

Degradation of soils continues at a pace that will eventually create a local, regional, or even global crisis when diminished soil resources collide with increasing climate variation. It's not too late to restore our soils to a more productive state by rediscovering the value of soil management, building on our well-established and ever-expanding scientific understanding of soils. Soil management concepts have been in place since the cultivation of crops, but we need to rediscover the principles that are linked together in effective soil management. This book is unique because of its treatment of soil management based on principles—the physical, chemical, and biological processes and how together they form the foundation for soil management processes that range from tillage to nutrient management. Whether new to soil science or needing a concise reference, readers will benefit from this book's ability to integrate the science of soils with management issues and long-term conservation efforts.

Author : Premjit Sharma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Environmental quality
ISBN : 8189729241

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Managing Soil for Food Security and Environmental Quality by Premjit Sharma Pdf

This Book Identifies The Key Issues Associated With Managing Soil Quality. It Discusses Solutions To The Challenges Faced By Farmers, By Addressing Key Soil Attributes And Management, And How These Affect, Or Can Be Used To Improve, Soil Quality. It Takes A Management Oriented Approach By Identifying Key Issues In Soil Quality And Management Options To Enhance The Sustainability Of Modern Agriculture. The Book Will Be Of Significant Interest To Students And Researchers In Agronomy And In Soil, Crop And Environmental Sciences, And To Stakeholders Involved In Issues Related To Land Use And Agricultural Management. Contents Chapter 1: Soil Biodiversity And Sustainable Agriculture; Chapter 2: Strategy For Food Security; Chapter 3: World Food Security Trends; Chapter 4: Soil Biodiversity; Chapter 5: Soil And Water Problems; Chapter 6: Soil Conservation; Chapter 7: Land Quality Indicators; Chapter 8: Land Degradation; Chapter 9: Planning And Management Of Soil And Water Resources; Chapter 10: Soil And Water Resource Management; Chapter 11: Managing Soil Erosion.

Author : National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Long-Range Soil and Water Conservation Policy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309049337

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Soil and Water Quality by National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Long-Range Soil and Water Conservation Policy Pdf

How can the United States meet demands for agricultural production while solving the broader range of environmental problems attributed to farming practices? National policymakers who try to answer this question confront difficult trade-offs. This book offers four specific strategies that can serve as the basis for a national policy to protect soil and water quality while maintaining U.S. agricultural productivity and competitiveness. Timely and comprehensive, the volume has important implications for the Clean Air Act and the 1995 farm bill. Advocating a systems approach, the committee recommends specific farm practices and new approaches to prevention of soil degradation and water pollution for environmental agencies. The volume details methods of evaluating soil management systems and offers a wealth of information on improved management of nitrogen, phosphorus, manure, pesticides, sediments, salt, and trace elements. Landscape analysis of nonpoint source pollution is also detailed. Drawing together research findings, survey results, and case examples, the volume will be of interest to federal, state, and local policymakers; state and local environmental and agricultural officials and other environmental and agricultural specialists; scientists involved in soil and water issues; researchers; and agricultural producers.

Author : Fred Magdoff,Harold Van Es
Publisher : Sare
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Humus
ISBN : 1888626135

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Building Soils for Better Crops by Fred Magdoff,Harold Van Es Pdf

"'Published by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, with funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture."

Author : Rattan Lal,B.A. Stewart
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781439800584

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Food Security and Soil Quality by Rattan Lal,B.A. Stewart Pdf

Just five years ago, it was generally believed that the number of food insecure people in the world was on continuous decline. Unfortunately, widespread soil degradation along with resistance to recommended agronomic practices, and little attempt to restore degraded soils have conspired with significant droughts (in regions that could least tolerat

Author : Carlos Crovetto Lamarca
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : WISC:89058883828

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Stubble Over the Soil by Carlos Crovetto Lamarca Pdf

Author : E.G. Gregorich,M.R. Carter
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997-11-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080541402

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Soil Quality for Crop Production and Ecosystem Health by E.G. Gregorich,M.R. Carter Pdf

Soil is a complex body that exists as many types, each with diverse properties that may vary widely across time and space as a function of many factors. This complexity makes the evaluation of soil quality much more challenging than that of water or air quality. Evaluation of soil quality now considers environmental implications as well as economic productivity, seeking to be more holistic in its approach. Thus, soil quality research draws from a wide range of disciplines, blending the approaches of biologists, physicists, chemists, ecologists, economists and agronomists, among others. This book presents a broad perspective of soil quality that includes these various perspectives and gives a strong theoretical basis for the assessment of soil quality. A short glossary provides definitions for terms used throughout the book.

Author : Henry Wang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Crops
ISBN : 1632395665

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Soil Quality, Soil Fertility and Land Management by Henry Wang Pdf

This is comprehensive book which covers extensive topics like soil quality, soil fertility and land management. Soil serves as an essential resource for maintaining quality of life throughout the world. It performs multiple functions including facilitation of food production, storage of nutrients, waste disposal, storage of water, supporting our structures and environment etc. Maintenance of environmental quality and sustenance of biological productivity promotion of animal and plant health can be achieved by maintaining soil health. The effects of land management practices on soil properties and processes need to be understood to assess environmental and economic sustainability. Topics in this book elucidate multidisciplinary composition of current trends in soil health. It further elaborates the development of remediation strategies and feasible management to preserve and maintain soil health. The book talks about strategies to improve land management with the help of relevant case studies. The importance of characterizing soil properties in order to develop remediation and management strategies has also been emphasized. Introduction of new approaches for indicating soil pollution have been presented vividly in this book. It draws attention towards contemporary management of various environmental scenarios of high concern.

Author : R. Lal
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1575040824

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Soil Quality and Agricultural Sustainability by R. Lal Pdf

Soil degradation causes a shrinking of arable land resources, and the persistence of starvation and malnutrition. The depletion is compounded by the increasing populations of developing tropical nations, and the conversion of agricultural land to other uses. As a result, per capita grain harvesting and irrigated land is in steady decline all over the world. The decrease in horticultural resources and productivity has inspired Soil Quality and Agricultural Sustainability, which is based primarily on papers presented at the 1996 conference on soil degradation, sponsored by Ohio State University, the USAID and the International Agricultural Research Centers. The book addresses itself to six concerns: basic concepts and global issues, nutrient and water inputs, soil quality management in Asia, in Africa, and in the Tropical Americas, and future priorities. The Editor's goal is a new paradigm in soil quality research: a multidisciplinary approach. He proposes that an erosion management program include soil scientists, hydrologists, climatologists, sedimentologists, geographers, agronomists, agricultural engineers, land use planners, economists, anthropologists and social scientists. Lal advocates an optimistic, forward-thinking brand of soil science that concentrates on conservation and fertility. The 26 chapters explore what Lal considers to be the priorities: agricultural sustainability, soil quality, food security, quality restoration, long-term management, and the failure to adopt new technology. In sum, they paint a comprehensive portrait of the current state, and future prospects, for worldwide agronomic viability.

Author : Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja,Demetrio Zema,Yu Yang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Agricultural landscape management
ISBN : 1536159085

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Tools for Soil Management and Restoration by Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja,Demetrio Zema,Yu Yang Pdf

Natural ecosystems provide the basic conditions without which humanity could not survive. Goods and services provided by ecosystems include, for example, provision of food, fibre and fuel, purification of water and air, cultural and aesthetic benefits, stabilization and moderation of the Earth's climate, generation and renewal of soil fertility, including nutrient cycling or maintenance of genetic resources as key inputs to crop varieties and livestock breeds, medicines, and other products. However, the ability of natural ecosystems to continue performing these services is seriously threatened because plant species diversity or soil are being seriously deteriorated, and in some cases destroyed. While loss of species has always occurred as a natural phenomenon, the pace of extinction has accelerated dramatically as a result of human activity. Ecosystems are being fragmented or eliminated, and innumerable species are in decline or already extinct. At the same time, various studies worldwide have shown that soils do not support intensive annual plant cultivation without fertilizer applications and even these may not maintain sustainability. Inappropriate silvicultural operations or the use of land for intensive agricultural purposes is one of the main causes of soil degradation, and there is therefore worldwide interest in quantifying the loss of soil quality generated by incorrect agricultural operations or forest management practises. This can only happen if people have the right information, skills, and organizations for understanding and dealing with soil and plant diversity issues. This books deals with soil management and restoration strategies in order to maintain soil quality avoiding soil deterioration. Throughout the book, different authors present very interesting works related to the nitrogen status of containerized Australian blackwood (Acacia Melanoxylon) seedings, soil carbon stocks in different vegetation types, biological soil crusts distribution in China sandy soils, ash soil fertilizers, the watershed management of badland areas, effects of pipeline construction-related disturbances on soil properties, soil quality indicators and soil hydrology in dry areas and aggregate characteristics within the soil active layer.

Author : Bobby A. Stewart
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1566700760

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Soil Management by Bobby A. Stewart Pdf

The experiments and experiences discussed in Soil Management carefully document crop production systems with well-defined boundaries. These long-term agronomic trials provide a valuable data resource that has, until now, been largely ignored by both the research community and the sustainability experts. With a rigorous definition of sustainability and this data, the sustainability of various cropping systems will be more clearly illustrated than any previous effort. Particular emphasis is given to research involving the tropics and sub-tropics. This book is unique in providing an experimental basis for sustainable management of soil resources. It describes technological options for sustainable management of soil resources and identifies priorities for additional long-term experimentation needed in key ecoregions. Topics discussed include changes in soil processes and properties, environmental quality, soil management, soil dynamics, soil organic matter, and nutrient cycling. Soil Management is for those who ask whether agriculture is sustainable, want to analyze or review sustainability experiments and experiences, or wish to initiate new long-term trials. It is a valuable reference on soil processes and an excellent text for courses in soil management.

Author : Deirdre Rooney
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781926895215

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Sustainable Soil Management by Deirdre Rooney Pdf

Changing land-use practices and the role of soil biological diversity has been a major focus of soil science research over the past couple of decades—a trend that is likely to continue. The information presented in this book points to a holistic approach to soil management. The first part looks at the land use effects on soil carbon storage, and considers a range of factors including carbon sequestration in soils. The second part of the book presents research investigating the interactions between soil properties, plant species, and the soil biota.

Author : Nintu Mandal,Abir Dey,Rajiv Rakshit
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000405156

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Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture by Nintu Mandal,Abir Dey,Rajiv Rakshit Pdf

Taking a sustainable approach, this volume explores the various soil management techniques. It begins with an overview of the elementary concepts of soil management and then delves into new research and novel soil management tools and techniques. Topics include: • Clays as a critical component in sustainable agriculture with respect to carbon sequestration in conjunction with its interaction with soil enzymes • The potential utilization of microbes to mitigate crop stress • Resource conservation technologies and prospective carbon management strategies • The use of smart tools for monitoring soils • Effective nutrient management approaches • Nanotechnological interventions for soil management • Techniques for the remediation of soils contaminated by metals and pesticides

Author : U.S. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780359573431

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Guidelines for Soil Quality Assessment in Conservation Planning by U.S. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Soil quality is the capacity of a specific kind of soil to function within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries to: ? sustain plant and animal productivity ? maintain or enhance water and air quality ? support human health and habitation Soil function describes what the soil does. Soil functions are: (1) sustaining biological activity, diversity, and productivity; (2) regulating and partitioning water and solute flow; (3) filtering and buffering, degrading, immobilizing, and detoxifying organic and inorganic materials, including industrial and municipal by-products and atmospheric deposition; (4) storing and cycling nutrients and other elements within the earth