Trees, Crops and Soil Fertility : Concepts and Research Methods.
Title:
Trees, Crops and Soil Fertility : Concepts and Research Methods.
Author:
Schroth, G.
ISBN:
9780851997926
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (450 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Impacts of Trees on the Fertility of Agricultural Soils -- Chapter 2 Economic Aspects of Soil Fertility Management and Agroforestry Practices -- Chapter 3 Designing Experiments and Analysing Data -- Chapter 4 Soil Organic Matter -- Chapter 5 Soil Nutrient Availability and Acidity -- Chapter 6 Decomposition and Nutrient Supply from Biomass -- Chapter 7 Nutrient Leaching -- Chapter 8 Nutrient Capture -- Chapter 9 Nutrient Exchange with the Atmosphere -- Chapter 10 Soil Structure -- Chapter 11 Soil Water -- Chapter 12 Root Systems -- Chapter 13 Biological Nitrogen Fixation -- Chapter 14 Mycorrhizas -- Chapter 15 Rhizosphere Processes -- Chapter 16 Soil Macrofauna -- Chapter 17 Soil Erosion -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Successful agroforestry requires an understanding of the complex relationship between trees, crops and soils. This book provides a review of both social and biophysical aspects of soil use and research in agroforestry in the tropics, with an emphasis on nutrient-poor forest and savanna soils.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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