Soil Management: Building a Stable Base for Agriculture
- ISBN-10
- 0891188533
- ISBN-13
- 9780891188537
- Series
- Soil Management
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-01-22
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Jerry L. Hatfield, Thomas J. Sauer
Description
Degradation of soils continues at a pace that will eventually create a local, regional, or even global crisis when diminished soil resources collide with increasing climate variation. It's not too late to restore our soils to a more productive state by rediscovering the value of soil management, building on our well-established and ever-expanding scientific understanding of soils. Soil management concepts have been in place since the cultivation of crops, but we need to rediscover the principles that are linked together in effective soil management. This book is unique because of its treatment of soil management based on principles—the physical, chemical, and biological processes and how together they form the foundation for soil management processes that range from tillage to nutrient management. Whether new to soil science or needing a concise reference, readers will benefit from this book's ability to integrate the science of soils with management issues and long-term conservation efforts.
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Other editions
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- 2015
- - pages
- Paperback
- Nova Science Publishers
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- 1995-03-09
- 576 pages
- Paperback
- CRC Press
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