Soil Management: Building a Stable Base for Agriculture
DESCRIPTION
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—this book pulls it all together. Whether new to soil science or needing a concise reference, readers will learn to integrate the science of soils with management issues and long-term conservation. Degradation of soils colliding with increasing climate variation will eventually create a local, regional, or even global crisis, but it's not too late if we implement our ever-expanding scientific understanding of soils.
CONTENTS
Section 1 | Framing the Soil Resource Problem
1 An Overview of Soil and Water Management: The Challenge
of Enhancing Productivity and Sustainability
Daniel Hillel 3
2 Challenging Balance between Productivity and Environmental
Quality: Tillage Impacts
D.C. Reicosky, T.J. Sauer, and J.L. Hatfield 13
3 Indices for Soil Management Decisions
Douglas L. Karlen, Brian J. Wienhold, Shujiang Kang,
Ted M. Zobeck, and Susan S. Andrews 39
Section 2 | Principles Underlying Management
4 Water Dynamics in Soils
M.B. Kirkham 53
5 Nutrient Cycling in Soils: Nitrogen
Robert W. Mullen 67
6 Potassium Cycling
Sylvie Brouder 79
7 Nutrient Cycling in Soils: Sulfur
John L. Kovar and Cynthia A. Grant 103
8 Gas Exchange in Soils
Witold Stępniewski, Zofia Stępniewska, and Agnieszka Rożej 117
9 Soil Biology
Eileen J. Kladivko and Jill Clapperton 145
10 Soil Management for Increasing Water Use Efficiency in Field
Crops under Changing Climates
Jerry L. Hatfield 161
11 Climatic Resources
Jerry L. Hatfield and John H. Prueger 175
12 Pesticide Movement
Timothy J. Gish, Jared Williams, John H. Prueger, William Kustas,
Lynn G. McKee, and Andy Russ 183
13 Subsurface Drainage Design and Management to Meet Agronomic
and Environmental Goals
J.S. Strock, G.R. Sands, and M.J. Helmers 199
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14 Wind Erosion
Ted M. Zobeck and R. Scott Van Pelt 209
15 Crusting
Guy J. Levy 229
Section 3 | Soil Management Practices
16 Manure Management
Francis J. Larney, Xiying Hao, and Edward Topp 247
17 Disease Management
Timothy C. Paulitz 265
18 Direct and Indirect Impacts of Weed Management Practices
on Soil Quality
Richard G. Smith, Matthew R. Ryan, and Fabian D. Menalled 275
19 Fallow Effects on Soil
David C. Nielsen and Francisco J. Calderσn 287
20 Grazing Impacts on Soil Physical, Chemical, and Ecological
Properties in Forage Production Systems
Miguel A. Taboada, Gerardo Rubio, and Enrique J. Chaneton 301
21 The Use of Cover Crops to Manage Soil
T.C. Kaspar and J.W. Singer 321
22 Intercropping and its Implications for Soil Management
S. Walker, C.J. Stigter, E. Ofori, and N. Kyei-Baffour 339
23 Agroforestry
Thomas J. Sauer and Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez 351
24 Soil Management Implications of Producing Biofuel Feedstock
Jane M.F. Johnson, David W. Archer, Douglas L. Karlen,
Sharon L. Weyers, and Wally W. Wilhelm 371
25 Emerging Challenges in Soil Management
Jerry L. Hatfield and Thomas J. Sauer 391
Index 395
