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Managing soil quality : challenges in modern agriculture / edited by P. Schjnning, S. Elmholt, and B.T. Christensen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soils--Quality.
- Soils.
- Soil management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxon ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Taking a management oriented approach, this title identifies 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Soil Quality Management - Concepts and Terms; 2 Soil Quality, Fertility and Health - Historical Context, Status and Perspectives; 3 Soil Acidity - Resilience and Thresholds; 4 Tightening the Nitrogen Cycle; 5 Phosphorus - Surplus and Deficiency; 6 Sustainable Management of Potassium; 7 Developing and Maintaining Soil Organic Matter Levels; 8 Microbial Diversity in Soil - Effects on Crop Health; 9 Biological Soil Quality from Biomass to Biodiversity - Importance and Resilience to Management Stress and Disturbance; 10 Subsoil Compaction and Ways to Prevent It
- 11 Management-induced Soil Structure Degradation - Organic Matter Depletion and Tillage12 Soil Erosion - Processes, Damages and Countermeasures; 13 Recyclable Urban and Industrial Waste - Benefits and Problems in Agricultural Use; 14 Pesticides in Soil - Benefits and Limitations to Soil Health; 15 Systems Approaches for Improving Soil Quality; 16 Implementing Soil Quality Knowledge in Land-use Planning; 17 Soil Quality in Industrialized and Developing Countries - Similarities and Differences; 18 Soil Quality Management - Synthesis; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-83386-6
- 9786610833863
- 0-85199-850-X
- OCLC:
- 476061819
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