Soil Science: Agricultural and Environmental Prospectives

Soil is the most important natural non-renewable resource developed over a longer period of time due to weathering of rocks and subsequently enrichment of organic matter. Soil provides habitat for numerous microorganisms and serves as a natural medium for plant growth, thereby providing the plants w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Hakeem, Khalid Rehman (Editor ), Akhtar, Javaid (Editor ), Sabir, Muhammad (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Agriculture.
Soil science.
Environmental chemistry.
Plant biotechnology.
Soil Science.
Environmental Chemistry.
Plant Biotechnology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Dedication
  • Chapter 1: An Appraisal of Conservation Tillage on the Soil Physical Properties
  • Chapter 2: Degraded soils: Origin, types and management
  • Chapter 3: Nitrogen Management in Rice-Wheat Cropping System in Salt-Affected Soils
  • Chapter 4: Management of Acid Sulfate Soils for sustainable rice cultivation in Malaysia
  • Chapter 5: Petroleum hydrocarbons-contaminated soils: Remediation approaches
  • Chapter 6: Environmental Impacts of Nitrogen Use in Agriculture, Nitrate Leaching and Mitigation Strategies
  • Chapter 7: Potassium for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Chapter 8: Weathering and Approaches to Evaluation of Weathering Indices for Soil Profile Studies - An Overview
  • Chapter 9: Pesticides Pollution in Agricultural Soils of Pakistan
  • Chapter 10: Iron Biofortification of Cereals Grown under Calcareous Soils: Problems and Solutions
  • Chapter 11: Boron Toxicity in Salt-Affected Soils and Effects on Plants
  • Chapter 12: Silicon: a beneficial nutrient under salt stress, its uptake mechanism and mode of action
  • Chapter 13: Soil Micro Flora- An Extensive Research
  • Chapter 14: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Boon for Plant Nutrition and Soil Health
  • Chapter 15: Azotobacter chroococcum - Potential Biofertilizer in Agriculture: An Overview
  • Chapter 16: Sources and Composition of Waste Water: Threats to Plants and Soil Health
  • Chapter 17: Soil Amendments for Heavy Metal Immobilization Using Different Crops
  • Chapter 18: Climate Change: Impacts on Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity and Agriculture.

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