Problem Soils and Their Management

Dinabandhu Jena (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

242 Seiten

2021
New India Publishing Agency (Verlag)
978-81-947668-4-1 (ISBN)

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This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the nature and causes of land degradation, as well as methods for evaluating, characterizing, and controlling it to maintain land productivity. It covers a broad range of land degradation topics in a concise and straightforward manner, with fifteen chapters that address the physical, chemical, and biological processes that lead to land degradation in various agro-ecosystems. The book delves into the various forms of physical land degradation, such as soil compression, compaction, soil crusting, and slow and highly permeable soils. Additionally, it explores the various forms of chemical land degradation, including iron and aluminum toxicity, soil acidity, acid sulfate soils, soil salinity, and alkalinity.

The book also emphasizes the importance of using modern technology, such as Remote Sensing, GIS, and GPS, to assess and monitor the extent of land degradation and its impact on soil and water. The concept of watershed management, based on land capability classification, land irrigability classification, and land suitability classification, is discussed in detail for the management of wastelands. The book also emphasizes the importance of maintaining soil health and soil quality for sustainable crop production. At the end of each chapter, study questions are provided to benefit students.

Dinabandhu Jena, Formerly Professor and Head, Department of Soil Sciences, College of Agriculture, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubneshwar 751 003, Orissa, Presently Professor (Soil Science), Institute of Agricultural Sciences, SOA Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar - 751 030, Orissa, India.

1. Wastelands: Distribution, Formation, Managements Challenges and Strageties
2. Soil Physical Constraints Leading to Land Degradation
3. Management of Calcareous and Acid Sulphate Soils
4. Iron and Aluminium Toxicity
5. Problems and Management of Eroded Soils
6. Chemical Degradation Leading to Soil Acidity and Its Amelioration
7. Problems and Management of Saline and Alkali Soils
8. Quality of Irrigation Water
9. Properties of Submerged Rice Soils
10. Soil Pollution
11. Soil Quality and Soil Health
12. Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS in Management of Problem Soils
13. Land Use Planning
14. Multipurpose Tree Species in Problem Soils
15. Land Management in Special Problem Areas

Erscheinungsdatum	14.05.2025
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	550 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	81-947668-4-2 / 8194766842
ISBN-13	978-81-947668-4-1 / 9788194766841
Zustand	Neuware