edited by Norman Uphoff
Biological Approaches to Sustainable Soil Systems provides the scientific basis for low external-input agriculture. Soil health is treated in a holistic manner involving attention to the physics, chemistry, and microbiology of soil systems.
Features:
- Integrates soil system analysis with the strategies and methods for creating sustainable soil systems
- Compiles the work of more than 100 international authorities representing a broad spectrum of disciplines
- Explores soil systems in the tropics, temperate zones, and arid and semi-arid conditions
- Relates the subject to wider social and economic issues
Contents
Overview
- Understanding the Functioning and Management of Soil Systems
- Soil System Management in the Humid and Subhumid Tropics
- Soil System Management in Temperate Regions
- Soil System Management under Arid and Semi-Arid Conditions
Soil Agents and Processes
- The Soil Habitat and Soil Ecology
- Energy Inputs in Soil Systems
- The Rhizosphere: Contributions of the Soil - Root Interface to Sustainable Soil Systems
- The Natural Rhizobium - Cereal Crop Association as an Example of Plant - Bacteria Interaction
- The Roles of Arbuscular Mycorrihizas in Plant and Soil Health
- Moving Up within the Food Web: Protozoa and Nematodes
- Soil Fauna Impacts on Soil Physical Properties
- Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Agroecosystems and in Plant Roots
- Enhancing Phosphorus Availability in Low-Fertility Soils
- Phytohormones: Microbial Production and Applications
- Crop Genetic Responses to Management: Evidence of Root - Shoot Communication
- Allelopathy and Its Influence in Soil Systems
- Animals as Part of Soil Systems
Strategies and Methods
- Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Africa: From Knowledge to Implementation
- Managing Soil Fertility and Nutrient Cycles through Fertilizer Trees in Southern Africa
- Biological Soil Fertility Management for Tree-Crop Agroforestry
- Restoring Productivity to Degraded Pasture Lands in the Amazon through Agroforestry Practices
- Direct-Seeded Tropical Soil Systems with Permanent Soil Cover: Learning from Brazilian Experience
- Restoration of Acid Soil Systems through Agroecological Management
- Conservation Agriculture and Its Applications in South Asia
- Managing Soil Fertility on Small Family Farms in African Drylands
- Restoring Soil Fertility in Semi-Arid West Africa: Assessment of an Indigenous Technology
- Leguminous Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Sustainable Tropical Agroecosystems
- Soil Biological Contributions to the System of Rice Intensification
- Contributions of Managed Fallows to Soil Fertility Recovery
- Green Manure/Cover Crops for Recuperating Soils and Maintaining Soil Fertility in the Tropics
- Compost and Vermicompost as Amendments Promoting Soil Health
- Practical Applications of Bacterial Biofertilizers and Biostimulators
- Inoculation and Management of Mycorrhizal Fungi within Tropical Agroecosystems
- Trichoderma: An Ally in the Quest for Soil System Sustainability
- Evaluation of Crop Production Systems Based on Locally Available Biological Inputs
- Bio-Char Soil Management on Highly Weathered Soils in the Humid Tropics
- Improving Phosphorus Fertility in Tropical Soils through Biological Interventions
- Profile Modification as a Means of Soil Improvement: Promoting Root Health through Deep Tillage
- Rhizosphere Management as Part of Intercropping and Rice-Wheat Rotation Systems
- Managing Polycropping to Enhance Soil System Productivity: A Case Study from Africa
Related Issues
- Effects of Soil and Plant Management on Crop Pests and Diseases
- Revegetating Inert Soils with the Use of Microbes
- Impacts of Climate on Soil Systems and of Soil Systems on Climate
- Economic and Policy Contexts for the Biological Management of Soil Fertility
- Village-Level Production and Use of Biocontrol Agents and Biofertilizers
- Measuring and Assessing Soil Biological Properties
- Approaches to Monitoring Soil Systems
- Modeling Possibilities for the Assessment of Soil Systems
- Opportunities for Overcoming Productivity Constraints with Biologically-Based Approaches
- Issues for More Sustainable Soil System Management
Index
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