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Soils, Land and Foodby Alan Wild
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 48.00A major challenge of the twenty-first century will be to ensure sufficient global food production to cope with the ever-increasing world population. Soils, Land and Food is aimed at undergraduates, graduates, agricultural scientists and policy makers and describes how technological approaches to soil management can increase and sustain food production. more...
Soilsby Randall Schaetzl; Sharon Anderson
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 84.00This is a comprehensive and accessible textbook on all aspects of soils. Replete with hundreds of high quality figures and a large glossary, the book will be invaluable for anyone studying soils, landforms and landscape change. It will also be an invaluable reference text for researchers. more...
Agronomic Handbookby J. Benton Jr. Jones
CRC Press 2002; US$ 109.95Containing essential information on the culture of the world's major agronomic crops grown on a wide range of soil types, this handbook provides practical data on the management of crops, soil fertility management, and irrigation. more...
Biological Approaches to Sustainable Soil Systemsby Norman Uphoff
CRC Press 2006; US$ 149.95This book integrates analysis of soil systems with the strategies and methods for creating sustainable soil systems to provide the most comprehensive reference available. More than 100 experts from 6 continents, representing a wide variety of disciplines, examine soil agents and processes, strategies and methods for sustainable soil systems, and related issues such as crop management, climate impacts, economic and policy concerns for fertility management, and modeling for assessment of soil systems. The text examines soils in the tropics, temperate zones, and under arid and semi-arid conditions. The book is ideal for scientists, researchers, and policymakers involved in plant, crop, and soil science. more...
Handbook of Soils for Landscape Architectsby Robert F. Keefer
Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 100.00Written in a clear, accessible style, this book covers the fundamental aspects of soil science with an emphasis on topics useful to landscape architects and professionals in related fields. more...
Soils for Fine Winesby Robert E. White
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 110.00White (soil science, U. of Melbourne) provides basic information on soil properties and behaviors in the contexts of site selection for new vineyards, and demands placed on soils by wine production. The highly-technical reference focuses on the French concept of terroir , which can be interpreted as the interaction between soil and surrounding fact more...
Vital Soilby P. Doelman; H.J.P. Eijsackers
Elsevier 2004; US$ 175.00Healthy soil, with active soil life, deters long-term soil degradation and ensures that geo-physical processes are undisturbed. Is the vitality of soil under threat due to human civilization? Or is it due to contamination, intensification, and deforestation? Vital Soil aims to look at the effects society is having on soil and contains contributions from recognized experts in soil science. * Function and value of vital soils * Detailed information on how to prevent soil from irreversible stresses * Articles on soil life aiming to bridge the gap between science and practice from experienced and well known contributors more...
Managing Soil Qualityby P. Schjonning; S. Elmholt; B.T. Christensen
CAB International 2004; US$ 155.00Taking 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. more...
Soil Quality for Crop Production and Ecosystem Healthby E.G. Gregorich; M.R. Carter
Elsevier 1997; US$ 390.00Soil is a complex body that exists as many types, each with diverse properties that may vary widely across time and space as a function of many factors. This complexity makes the evaluation of soil quality much more challenging than that of water or air quality. Evaluation of soil quality now considers environmental implications as well as economic productivity, seeking to be more holistic in its approach. Thus, soil quality research draws from a wide range of disciplines, blending the approaches of biologists, physicists, chemists, ecologists, economists and agronomists, among others. This book presents a broad perspective of soil quality that includes these various perspectives and gives a strong theoretical basis for the assessment of... more...
Soilsby Giacomo Certini; Riccardo Scalenghe
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 149.00A synthesis of soils for researchers and students of soil science, geography and landscape ecology. more...