Soil Fertility, Nutrient and Water Management.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singh, J. P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soil fertility.

Soil management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Write & Print Publications, 2017.

Summary:

Global food production must increase by 70% to feed the projected growth in the world's population from about seven to nine billion people by 2050. This cannot be achieved without increasing land productivity and conserving soil, nutrient and water resources in the face of the severe challenges posed, including climate change, soil erosion and salinization, and drought and flooding - all of which contribute to reducing the quantity and quality of soil and water resources. Integrated soil fertility management, commonly referred to as ISFM, is presented in this book as a key contributor to farmers' low soil and crop productivity and especially for the main staples that include maize, beans, rice, cassava, bananas, sorghum, millet and other crops. In this context ISFM is de¬fined as a set of soil fertility management practices that include the integrated use of mineral fertilizers, organic inputs, and improved germplasms combined with the knowledge on how to adapt these practices to local conditions which are aimed at optimizing efficient agronomic use of the applied nutrients and thereby improving crop productivity. It is hoped that the information presented in this book provides valuable guidance to scientists and land managers in both the public and private sectors, as well as to government and institutional policy and decision-makers involved in addressing land management issues for climate smart agriculture and the conservation of natural resources for agricultural productivity and food security. ".

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle Page

About the Author

About the Book

Title Page

Copyrights Page

Preface

Contents

1. Importance of Soil to Agriculture

2. Physical Properties of Soils

3. Soil and the Soil-Water System

4. Soil Water Measuring

5. Fundamentals of Soil

6. Soils and Plant Nutrients

7. Diseases and Disorders of Soil

8. Insects of soil

9. Soil Fertility

10. Integrated Soil Fertility Management

11. Soil Fertility Management

12. Soil and Nutrient Management

13. Soil-Nutrient Relationships

14. Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility

15. Crop Rotation Effects on Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition

16. Nitrogen Cycling, Testing and Fertilizer Recommendations

17. Phosphorus Cycling, Testing and Fertilizer Recommendations

18. Potassium Cycling, Testing, and Fertilizer Recommendations

19. Secondary Macronutrients: Cycling, Testing and Fertilizer Recommendations

20. Micronutrients: Cycling, Testing and Fertilizer

21. Soil-Plant-Water-Relationships

22. Water Management - For Improving Crop Productivity Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9789387214460

938721446X

OCLC:

1084367838