Soil Fertility
Characteristics, Processes and Management
This book presents topical research in the study of the characteristics, processes and management of soil fertility in agriculture. Topics discussed include agricultural management changes in Pampean soils related to rotation and tillage; agroforestry systems in the Eastern Amazon; soil and crop management practices in bioenergy cropping systems; evaluation of the potassium supplying abilities of animal manures; nitrogen fertilization in the modern sustainable farming systems of Moldova; and soil fertility enhancing microorganisms and their application as biofertilizers. (Imprint: Novinka)
Contents
Chapter 1 - Effects of Organic Residue Chemistry on Soil Biogeochemistry: Implications for Organic Matter Management in Agroecosystems (pp. 1-28)
Authors / Editors: (Samuel T. Partey, Richard F. Preziosi, Geoffrey D. Robson, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Manchester, United Kingdom)
Chapter 2 - Agricultural Management Changes in Pampean Soils Related to Rotation and Tillage: Impacts on Soil Organic Reservoirs (pp. 29-54)
Authors / Editors: (R. Álvarez, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Chapter 3 - Fertility and Soil Management in Agroforestry Systems in the Eastern Amazon (pp. 55-68)
Authors / Editors: (Maria de Lourdes Pinheiro Ruivo, Kátia Fernanda Garcez Monteiro, Iracema Maria C. C. Cordeiro, Danielle do Socorro Nunes Campinas, Maria de Lourdes Soares Oliveira, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Ciências da Terra e Ecologia, Campus de Pesquisa, Belém, Pará, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 4 - Maintaining Soil Fertility under Energy Crop Production Systems (pp. 69-80)
Authors / Editors: (Amitava Chatterjee, Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Food System & Natural Resources, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA)
Chapter 5 - Evaluation of the Potassium Supplying Abilities of Three Animal Manures: An Incubation Study (pp. 81-90)
Authors / Editors: (Jamiu Oladipupo Azeez, Department of Soil Science and Land Management, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria)
Chapter 6 - Soil Fertility and Nitrogen Fertilization in the Modern Sustainable Farming Systems of Moldova (pp. 91-122)
Authors / Editors: (Boris Boincean, Research Center “Selectia”, Republic of Moldova)*
Chapter 7 - Soil Fertility Enhancing Microorganisms and their Application as Biofertilizers (pp. 123-144)
Authors / Editors: (Lily Lili Liu, Shengwu Ma, Chemistry and Life Sciences College, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, P.R. China, and others)*
