TY  - BOOK
AU  - Akhtar,Javaid
AU  - Hakeem,Khalid Rehman
AU  - Sabir,Muhammad
ED  - Ohio Library and Information Network.
TI  - Soil science: agricultural and environmental prospectives 
SN  - 331934451X
AV  - S591 
U1  - 570 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer
KW  - Soil science
KW  - Agricultural science
KW  - sears
KW  - Plant reproduction & propagation
KW  - Pollution & threats to the environment
KW  - Soil science, sedimentology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Contents; An Appraisal of Conservation Tillage on the Soil Physical Properties; 1 Introduction; 2 Tillage Systems; 2.1 Conventional Tillage; 2.2 Intensive Tillage; 2.3 Conservation Tillage; 2.3.1 No-Tillage (No-Till, Zero-Till, Slot Planting, Sod Planting, Eco- fallow, Chemical- Fallow, Direct Drilling); 2.3.2 Reduced Tillage; 2.3.3 Ridge Tillage; 2.3.4 Stubble Mulch Tillage; 3 The Principles of Conservation Agriculture; 4 Comparison of Tillage Systems; 5 Conservation Tillage Effects on Soil Physical Properties; 5.1 Soil Structure and Soil Aggregation. 5.2 Bulk Density, Porosity and Penetration Resistance5.3 Soil Strength and Stability; 5.4 Hydraulic Conductivity, Infiltration Rate and Moisture Content; 5.5 Soil Aeration and Soil Temperature; 5.6 Soil Erosion; 6 Constraints in the Adoption of Conservation Tillage; 7 Conclusion; References; Degraded Soils: Origin, Types and Management; 1 Land Degradation; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Causes of Land Degradation; 1.3 Processes of Land Degradation; 1.3.1 Soil Erosion; 1.3.2 Soil Salinization; 1.3.3 Water Logging; 1.3.4 Decline in Soil Fertility; 1.4 Types of Land Degradation; 2 Soil Salinity. 2.1 Salt Affected Soils2.1.1 Saline Soils; 2.1.2 Saline-Sodic Soils; 2.1.3 Sodic Soils; 2.2 Origin of Salt Effected Soils; 2.2.1 Soil Weathering Process; 2.2.2 Accumulation on the Surface Due to Irrigation Under Inadequate Drainage; 2.2.3 Shallow Water Table; 2.2.4 Fossil Salts; 2.2.5 Seepage from the Upslope Containing Salts; 2.2.6 Ocean; 2.2.7 Chemical Fertilizer and Waste Materials; 2.3 Causes of Salt Affected Soils; 2.3.1 Primary Salinity; 2.3.2 Secondary Salinity; 2.3.2.1 Deforestation; 2.3.2.2 Accumulation of Air-Borne or Water-Borne Salts in Soils; 2.3.2.3 Contamination with Chemicals. 2.3.2.4 Overgrazing2.3.2.5 Fallowing; 2.4 Impact of Salt Affected Soil on Plant; 2.4.1 Osmotic Deregulation; 2.4.2 Nutrition Imbalance; 2.4.3 Structure and Permeability Problem of Salts in the Soil; 2.5 Reclamation of Salt-Affected Soils; 2.5.1 Physical Methods; 2.5.2 Chemical Process; 2.5.3 Organic Matter; 2.5.4 Biological Methods; 2.5.5 Hydro-Technical Method; 2.5.6 Electro-Reclamation Method; 2.5.7 Combination of Organic and Chemical Amendments; 2.6 Management of Salt Effected Soils; 2.6.1 Management of Saline Soils; 2.6.1.1 Leaching; 2.6.1.2 Irrigation Method; 2.6.1.3 Mulching. 2.6.2 Management of Sodic Soils2.6.2.1 Drainage; 2.6.2.2 Tillage and Amendments; 2.6.2.3 Supplying Calcium to Improve Water Infiltration; 2.6.2.4 Irrigation Water Management; 2.6.3 Management of Saline-Sodic Soils; 2.6.4 Adaptations of Salt Tolerant Plants; 3 Soil Erosion; 3.1 Types of Soil Erosion; 3.1.1 Water Erosion; 3.1.2 Wind Erosion; 3.2 Causes of Erosion; 3.2.1 Soil Structure; 3.2.2 The Role of Vegetative Cover; 3.2.3 Land Topography; 3.2.4 Disturbances; 3.3 Assessing Soil Erosion; 3.3.1 Worldwide Cropland; 3.4 Effects of Soil Erosion on Terrestrial Ecosystems; 3.4.1 Water Availability; Available to OhioLINK libraries
N2  - 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 with anchorage, nutrients and water to sustain the growth. Soil also serves as a universal sink for all types of pollutants, purifies ground water and is a major reserve of carbon in the universe. The role of soils to provide ecosystem services, maintenance of environmental/human health and ensuring the food security makes it as the most important and basic natural resource. Soil Science helps us to elaborate and understand how the soils provide all these services. Soil Science also provides us the basic knowledge dealing with the origin of the soil parent material, weathering of parent material and the formation of soils, morphological, physico-chemical and biological features of soils, classification of soils and role of soils in the provision and maintenance of ecosystem services, food security and environmental quality. This book encompasses the various processes, functions and behaviour of soils very comprehensively to acquaint the students of soil, plant and environmental sciences about their role to perform different agricultural and environmental functions
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