The Black Earth : Ecological Principles for Sustainable Agriculture on Chernozem Soils /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2011. |
| Colección: | International Year of Planet Earth
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The soil cover
- 3. Soil texture and structure
- 4. Soil mineralogy and elemental composition
- 5. Adsorption capacity and reaction
- 6. Soluble salts and soil solution
- 7. Humus - the guardian of soil fertility and global carbon sink
- 8. The nitrogen riddle
- 9. Phosphorus and sulphur budgets
- 10. Life in the soil
- 11. Soil structure, soil water and drought
- 12. The chernozem family
- 13. Accomodating soil diversity
- 14. Society's perspective
- 15. Biological cycles
- 16. Soil health and soil quality
- 17. Farming and soil health
- 18. Experimental confirmation of the efficiency of various farming systems
- 19. The past, present and future of the chernozem.