Soil ecology : the basis of sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation / editors, Vrinda Negi, Nanda Nautiyal, Vir Singh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Negi, Vrinda, editor.

Nautiyal, Nanda, editor.

Singh, Vir, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soil ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Educationist Press, [2018]

Summary:

Soils of the world hold a key to climate solution and sustainable agriculture. Our happiness, our future and our sustainability are rooted into this loose top layer of the Earth, we call soil. Soil is more than it has been understood as so far. It is the basis of our existence. It is the basis of our survival. It is the basis of our sustainability, and it is the very basis of the whole story of life on Earth. There is a saying: If you own soil, you own up to sky. With our roots in the soil, we can explore skies. But how much do we understand our soil? An understanding of the soil can be fully realized only when we have an understanding of soil ecology. This is what this edited work precisely attempts to do. Soil Ecology attempts to take the knowledge about our soil ecosystems on new horizon, explaining almost all aspects of the soil so vital for acquiring the processes of sustainability and for building up a strong foundation on which climate system of the Earth depends and which is all-capable to cure all climate-related ills.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Halftitle

Title

Copyright

About the Editors

About the Book

Preface

Contents

List of Contributors

1. Management of Soil System: Using Precision AgricultureTechnology in india

2. Soil Humus Formation and its Functions in Agro-ecosystems

3. Soil Pollution and its Effects on crop Productivity

4. Importance of Mineral Nutrients: ROS Scavenging under Drought Stress in Plants

5. Sustainable Agriculture: Nutrient Cycling and Soil Conservation

6. Use of Phyto-Bioremedial Approach in the Reclamation of Heavy Metal contaminated Soils

7. Microbial Respiration as a Measure of Soil Health and EcosystemDevelopment

8. Crop Residue-derived Biochar: An Insight into EnvironmentalEthics in the Era of climate change

9. Functions and importance of Soil Fauna Diversity in an Ecosystem

10. Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture andEnvironmental Protection

11. Soil Microbial community as an indicator of HeavyMetal Recovery

12. Fluorescent Pseudomonads: Role as Biocontrol and Biofertilizerfor Sustainable Agriculture.

Notes:

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ISBN:

93-88317-24-6

OCLC:

1314623789