Advances in measuring soil health / edited by Wilfred Otten.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Otten, Wilfred, 1962- editor.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soil science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

"The renewed interest in understanding and improving soil health has placed greater emphasis on the ways soil health can be measured. There has been a wealth of research on developing better analytical techniques, in-situ and remote sensing technologies to achieve these goals. This collection reviews these developments and their implications for better monitoring and management of farm soils. This volume begins with a review of advances in measuring soil biological activity. Chapters cover developments in molecular techniques such as next-generation sequencing as well as improvements in measuring fauna such as earthworms, microbial and fungal communities Part 2 surveys developments in measuring soil physical properties. The book discusses advances in visual, imaging and geophysical techniques as well as ways of assessing key properties such as erodibiity. Part 3 summarises advances in measuring soil chemical properties using spectral and other techniques. The collection concludes by reviewing soil health indicators and decision support systems for improving soil management"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. Measuring soil biological activity

Part 2. MEasuring soil physical and chemical properties

Part 3. From measurement to management.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78676-428-8

1-78676-429-6

OCLC:

1259593732