Soil Science: Agricultural and Environmental Prospectives - Hakeem, Khalid Rehman; Akhtar, Javaid; Sabir, Muhammad; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
Preface -- Foreword -- Dedication -- Chapter 1: An Appraisal of Conservation Tillage on the Soil Physical Properties -- Chapter 2: Degraded soils: Origin, types and management -- Chapter 3: Nitrogen Management in Rice-Wheat Cropping System in Salt-Affected Soils -- Chapter 4: Management of Acid Sulfate Soils for sustainable rice cultivation in Malaysia -- Chapter 5: Petroleum hydrocarbons-contaminated soils: Remediation approaches -- Chapter 6: Environmental Impacts of Nitrogen Use in Agriculture, Nitrate Leaching and Mitigation Strategies -- Chapter 7: Potassium for Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 8: Weathering and Approaches to Evaluation of Weathering Indices for Soil Profile Studies - An Overview -- Chapter 9: Pesticides Pollution in Agricultural Soils of Pakistan -- Chapter 10: Iron Biofortification of Cereals Grown under Calcareous Soils: Problems and Solutions -- Chapter 11: Boron Toxicity in Salt-Affected Soils and Effects on Plants -- Chapter 12: Silicon: a beneficial nutrient under salt stress, its uptake mechanism and mode of action -- Chapter 13: Soil Micro Flora- An Extensive Research -- Chapter 14: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Boon for Plant Nutrition and Soil Health -- Chapter 15: Azotobacter chroococcum - Potential Biofertilizer in Agriculture: An Overview -- Chapter 16: Sources and Composition of Waste Water: Threats to Plants and Soil Health -- Chapter 17: Soil Amendments for Heavy Metal Immobilization Using Different Crops -- Chapter 18: Climate Change: Impacts on Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity and Agriculture.
Keywords: Agriculture; Soil science; Soil conservation; Environmental chemistry; Plant breeding; Agriculture; Soil Science & Conservation; Environmental Chemistry; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.