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Author : Trevor Graham Shepherd,Manawatu-Wanganui (N.Z.). Horizons Regional Council,BioAgriNomics (Firm),Hawke's Bay (N.Z.). Regional Council,Wellington (N.Z. : Region). Greater Wellington Regional Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Soil management
ISBN : 1877468754
Author : Graham Shepherd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:66984405
Author : Bruce C. Ball,Lars J. Munkholm
Publisher : CABI
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781780644707
Visual Soil Evaluation (VSE) provides land users and environmental authorities with the tools to assess soil quality for crop performance. This book describes the assessment of the various structural conditions of soil, especially after quality degradation such as compaction, erosion or organic matter loss. Covering a broad range of land types from abandoned peats to prime arable land, this useful handbook assesses yield potential across a range of scales. It also appraises the use of VSE in determining the potential of different land types for carbon storage, greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient leaching, and for diagnosing and rectifying erosion and compaction in soils.
Author : FAO/GSP
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251311950
The Soil Doctors programme is developed under the umbrella of the Global Soil Partnership and promotes the establishment of a farmer-to-farmer training system. The Soil Doctors Global Programme aims to build the capacity of smallholder farmers on the practice of sustainable soil management and, by doing so, support governmental agencies and organizations working on agricultural extension at the field level (promoting broader impact and a reduction of costs). Trainings will also rely on the establishment of demonstration farms and experimental fields by the Soil Doctors, which might attract the interest of research institutes and universities involved in the programme. The programme also aims to educate farmers on soil science principles for practices of sustainable soil management and aims to achieve this by providing them with a set of tools composed of some educational materials and a soil testing methods (STM) manual for preliminary soil analysis. The STM is a collection of locally relevant, and easy to use, soil analyses procedures that would be selected by each area where the program is implemented.
Author : B. C. Ball
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Crops and soils
ISBN : 178064471X
Author : Pam Hazelton,Brian Murphy
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781486303977
Interpreting Soil Test Results is a practical reference enabling soil scientists, environmental scientists, environmental engineers, land holders and others involved in land management to better understand a range of soil test methods and interpret the results of these tests. It also contains a comprehensive description of the soil properties relevant to many environmental and natural land resource issues and investigations. This new edition has an additional chapter on soil organic carbon store estimation and an extension of the chapter on soil contamination. It also includes sampling guidelines for landscape design and a section on trace elements. The book updates and expands sections covering acid sulfate soil, procedures for sampling soils, levels of nutrients present in farm products, soil sodicity, salinity and rainfall erosivity. It includes updated interpretations for phosphorus in soils, soil pH and the cation exchange capacity of soils. Interpreting Soil Test Results is ideal reading for students of soil science and environmental science and environmental engineering; professional soil scientists, environmental scientists, engineers and consultants; and local government agencies and as a reference by solicitors and barristers for land and environment cases.
Author : Lothar Mueller,Abdulla Saparov,Gunnar Lischeid
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319010175
The book aims to initiate a sustainable use of land and water resources in Central Asia by the transfer of scientific methods. It deals with the most advanced methods worldwide for better monitoring and management of water and land resources. We offer an array of methods of measuring, assessing, forecasting, utilizing and controling processes in agricultural landscapes. These are laboratory and field measurement methods, methods of resource evaluation, functional mapping and risk assessment, and remote sensing methods for monitoring and modeling large areas. The book contains methods and results of data analysis and ecosystem modeling, of bioremediation of soil and water, field monitoring of soils, and methods and technologies for optimizing land use systems as well. The chapter authors are inventors and advocators of novel transferrable methods. The book starts with an analysis of the current state of water and land resources. Finally concrete proposals for the applicability of novel methods are given.
Author : Douglas L. Karlen,Diane E. Stott,Maysoon M. Mikha
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780891189909
Volume 1 briefly reviews selected “Approaches to Soil Health Analysis” including a brief history of the concept, challenges and opportunities, meta-data and assessment, applications to forestry and urban land reclamation, and future soil health monitoring and evaluation approaches. Volume 2 focuses on “Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis” including an overview and suggested analytical approaches intended to provide meaningful, comparable data so that soil health can be used to guide restoration and protection of our global soil resources.
Author : Douglas L. Karlen,Diane E. Stott,Maysoon M. Mikha
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780891189848
Approaches to Soil Health Analysis A concise survey of soil health analysis and its various techniques and applications The maintenance of healthy soil resources provides the foundation for an array of global efforts and initiatives that affect humanity. Whether they are working to combat food shortages, conserve our ecosystems, or mitigate the impact of climate change, researchers and agriculturalists the world over must be able to correctly examine and understand the complex nature of this essential, fragile resource. These new volumes have been designed to meet this need, addressing the many dimensions of soil health analysis in chapters that are concise, accessible and applicable to the tasks at hand. Soil Health, Volume One: Approaches to Soil Health Analysis provides a well-rounded overview of the various methods and strategies available to analysists, and covers topics including: The history of soil health and its study Challenges and opportunities facing analysists Meta-data and its assessment Applications to forestry and urban land reclamation Future soil health monitoring and evaluation approaches Offering a far-reaching survey of this increasingly interdisciplinary field, this volume will be of great interest to all those working in agriculture, private sector businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic-, state-, and federal-research projects, as well as state and federal soil conservation, water quality and other environmental programs.
Author : Jan Gliński,Józef Horabik,Jerzy Lipiec
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1075 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789048135844
This Encyclopedia of Agrophysics will provide up-to-date information on the physical properties and processes affecting the quality of the environment and plant production. It will be a "first-up" volume which will nicely complement the recently published Encyclopedia of Soil Science, (November 2007) which was published in the same series. In a single authoritative volume a collection of about 250 informative articles and ca 400 glossary terms covering all aspects of agrophysics will be presented. The authors will be renowned specialists in various aspects in agrophysics from a wide variety of countries. Agrophysics is important both for research and practical use not only in agriculture, but also in areas like environmental science, land reclamation, food processing etc. Agrophysics is a relatively new interdisciplinary field closely related to Agrochemistry, Agrobiology, Agroclimatology and Agroecology. Nowadays it has been fully accepted as an agricultural and environmental discipline. As such this Encyclopedia volume will be an indispensable working tool for scientists and practitioners from different disciplines, like agriculture, soil science, geosciences, environmental science, geography, and engineering.
Author : Allan E. Hewitt,Megan R. Balks,David J. Lowe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030647636
This book offers an introduction to the soils of Aotearoa New Zealand, structured according to the New Zealand soil classification system. Starting with an overview of the importance and distribution of New Zealand soils, it subsequently provides essential information on each of the 15 New Zealand soil orders in separate chapters. Each chapter, illustrated with diagrams and photographs in colour, includes a summary of the main features of the soils in the order, their genesis and relationships with landscapes, their key properties including examples of physical and chemical characteristics, and their classification, use, and management. The book then features a chapter on soils in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica and concludes by considering New Zealand soils in a global context, soil-formation pathways, and methods used in New Zealand to evaluate soils and assist in land-management decisions. Information about how to access detailed information via links to the Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research website is also included.
Author : P. Schjønning,S. Elmholt,B. T. Christensen
Publisher : CABI
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 085199850X
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 : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080544010
Volume 74 contains six excellent cutting-edge reviews detailing advances in the plant and environmental soil sciences. Chapter 1 is an extensive review on soil quality. Chapter 2 covers recent advances in understanding the formation of metal hydroxide precipitates on soil surfaces and their implications on metal sequestration and soil remediation. Chapter 3 is a timely review on effects of organic acid exudation from roots on phosphorus uptake and aluminum tolerance of plants in acid soils. Chapter 4 discusses bamboo production and management, including manipulation of growth and development and environmental aspects of bamboo production. Chapter 5 addresses a significant worldwide issue - management of soils for food security and environmental quality. Chapter 6 is a comprehensive review on the management of wheat, barley, and oat root systems.
Author : John W. Hazard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Soil surveys
ISBN : MINN:31951D02964485E
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Author : Benites, J., (ed.),Michele Pisante,Fabio Stagnari
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251053472
This publication contains the proceedings of an international seminar held in May 2004 at the Univesity of Teramo (Italy). It discusses the role and importance of integrated soil and water management in orchards (vineyards and olive orchards) and it is intended to highlight the better use of resources. This publication will contribute to raising awareness of the possibilities for the better use of rainwater and improved management of soils with reduced erosion. It will be useful to anyone concerned with maintaining and improving the quality of soil including farmers, researchers, advisory staff, consultants and technical decision-makers.
