Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis (Soil Health series, Volume 2)
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Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis (Soil Health series, Volume 2)

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Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis (Soil Health series, Volume 2)

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Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis

Analyzing, comparing, and understanding soil health data

The maintenance of healthy soil resources is instrumental to the success of an array of global efforts and initiatives. Whether they are working to combat food shortages, conserve our ecosystems, or mitigate the impact of climate change, researchers and agriculturalists the world over must be able to correctly examine and understand the complex nature of this essential resource. These new volumes have been designed to meet this need, addressing the many dimensions of soil health analysis in chapters that are concise, accessible and applicable to the tasks at hand.

Soil Health, Volume Two: Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis provides explanations of the best practices by which one may arrive at valuable, comparable data and incisive conclusions, and covers topics including:

  • Sampling considerations and field evaluations
  • Assessment and interpretation of soil-test biological activity
  • Macro- and micronutrients in soil quality and health
  • PLFA and EL-FAME indicators

Offering a practical guide to collecting and understanding soil health data, this volume will be of great interest to all those working in agriculture, private sector businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academic-, state-, and federal-research projects, as well as state and federal soil conservation, water quality and other environmental programs.

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Yes, you can access Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis (Soil Health series, Volume 2) by Douglas L. Karlen,Diane E. Stott,Maysoon M. Mikha in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Agronomy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
ACSESS
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9780891189824
eBook ISBN
9780891189879
Edition
1
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Agronomy
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1 Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Assessment: An Overview
  8. Chapter 2 Sampling Considerations and Field Evaluations for Soil Health Assessment
  9. Chapter 3 Soil Organic Carbon Assessment Methods
  10. Chapter 4 Water-Stable Soil Aggregate Assessment
  11. Chapter 5 Determination of Infiltration Rate and Bulk Density in Soils
  12. Chapter 6 Chemical Reactivity: pH, Salinity and Sodicity Effects on Soil Health
  13. Chapter 7 Nutrient Availability: Macro- and Micronutrients in Soil Quality and Health
  14. Chapter 8 Assessment and Interpretation of Soil-Test Biological Activity
  15. Chapter 9 Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon: An Indicator of Biologically Active Soil Carbon
  16. Chapter 10 Is Autoclaved Citrate-Extractable (ACE) Protein a Viable Indicator of Soil Nitrogen Availability?
  17. Chapter 11 Metabolic Activity– Enzymes
  18. Chapter 12 PLFA and EL-FAME Indicators of Microbial Community Composition
  19. Chapter 13 Microbial Community Composition, Diversity, and Function
  20. Epilogue
  21. EULA