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  • 1
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    Soil Science Americana : Chronicles and Progressions 1860─1960 (2021)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Human geography. ; Ethnology America. ; Culture. ; Soil Science. ; Human Geography. ; American Culture.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Foreword by Ron Amundson, Maxine Levin -- Acknowledgements -- About this book.-About the author -- 1. Prologue - The roots of soil science -- 2. Pochva Americana I -- 3. From a farm on loess – Emil Truog -- 4. From a farm on till – Charles Kellogg -- 5. From a farm on the plains - Roy Simonson -- 6. The mother of the west -- 7. Building an American soil survey -- 8. Of soils and men -- 9. Pochva Americana II -- 10. Building international soil science -- 11. First International Congress of Soil Science in 1927 -- 12. From 1927 to 1960, and a favor returned -- 13. Seventh International Congress of Soil Science in 1960 -- 14. Chronicles and Progressions -- 15. Epilogue -- References -- Subject index -- Person index.
    Abstract: This book narrates how the study of the soil became a science and institutionalized in the USA between 1860 and 1960. The story meanders through the activities, ideas, publications, and correspondence of people who influenced the progressions, that led to the budding and early blossoming of American and international soil science. Interwoven is a tale of two farm boys who grew up 900 km apart in the Midwest USA in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Emil Truog and Charles Kellogg met in the late 1920s and shared a natural connection to the soil. Both were practical pioneers and believed that understanding soils was crucial to helping people on the land make a better living. The USA is a big country, its soil science is geographically intertwined, and the cradle of its history primes back to a few people. “Soil Science Americana is an intellectual biography, not of one individual but of a new scientific field from its emergence to its complete coming of age.” — Louise O. Fresco, President, Wageningen University and Research “In a lively, personal voice, Hartemink traces the roots of modern soil science in the United States…creating a book that will engage both the expert and non-expert in the underappreciated field of soil science.” — Jo Handelsman, Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery “The intellectual master piece is of interest to soil scientists, general public and the policy makers, and will remain pertinent for generations to come.” — Rattan Lal, World Food Prize Laureate 2020, The Ohio State University .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXXIV, 623 p. 146 illus., 74 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030711351
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71135-1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71135-1
    DDC: 631.4
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  • 2
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    The Soils of India (2020)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Human geography. ; Environment. ; Agriculture. ; Soil Science. ; Human Geography. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Agriculture.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1:Introduction (Bipin B Mishra) -- Chapter 2:History of Soil Research (A. Subba Rao) -- Chapter 3:Climate (Kamaljit Ray) -- Chapter 4:Geology and Geomorphology (K. S. Anil Kumar) -- Chapter 5: Major Soil Types and Classification (K S Anil Kumar) -- Chapter 6: Soil Mineralogy and Clay Minerals (S C Datta) -- Chapter 7: Soil Micromorphology (Sayantani Neogi) -- Chapter 8: Soil Biogeochemistry (Debjani Sihi) -- Chapter 9: Benchmark soils in Agro-ecological regions (K. S. Anil Kumar) -- Chapter 10: Land Evaluation and Land Use Planning (V Ramamurthy).
    Abstract: This book provides an overview of the diversified soil regimes in India. In addition to the historical advances in soil research and its limitations, it describes the monitoring of various soil conditions and soil uses to improve productivity. Discussing topics such as climate, geology and geomorphology, major soil types and their classification, soil mineralogy and clays, soil micromorphology, soil biogeochemistry, benchmark soils, land evaluation and land use planning, soil health and fertility and soil resilience, the book highlights the multiple uses of soils in industry, human health care, mitigation of challenges due to climate change and construction. It also presents measures for a brighter future of soil science in India, such as imposing organic farming principles toward sustainable agriculture in the context of the second green revolution besides alleviating the poverty and providing the employment opportunities among the farming communities in India.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXVIII, 281 p. 117 illus., 101 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030310820
    Series Statement: World Soils Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31082-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31082-0
    DDC: 631.4
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  • 3
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    The Soils of Aotearoa New Zealand (2021)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Physical geography. ; Agriculture. ; Soil Science. ; Physical Geography. ; Agriculture.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Allophanic Soils -- Anthropic Soils -- Brown Soils -- Gley Soils -- Granular Soils -- Melanic Soils -- Organic Soils -- Oxidic Soils -- Pallic Soils -- Podzol Soils -- Pumice Soils -- Raw Soils -- Recent Soils -- Semiarid Soils -- Ultic Soils -- Soils in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book offers an introduction to the soils of Aotearoa New Zealand, structured according to the New Zealand soil classification system. Starting with an overview of the importance and distribution of New Zealand soils, it subsequently provides essential information on each of the 15 New Zealand soil orders in separate chapters. Each chapter, illustrated with diagrams and photographs in colour, includes a summary of the main features of the soils in the order, their genesis and relationships with landscapes, their key properties including examples of physical and chemical characteristics, and their classification, use, and management. The book then features a chapter on soils in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica and concludes by considering New Zealand soils in a global context, soil-formation pathways, and methods used in New Zealand to evaluate soils and assist in land-management decisions. Information about how to access detailed information via links to the Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research website is also included.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XX, 332 p. 192 illus., 147 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030647636
    Series Statement: World Soils Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64763-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-64763-6
    DDC: 631.4
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    Advances in Bioremediation and Phytoremediation for Sustainable Soil Management : Principles, Monitoring and Remediation (2022)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Environment. ; Pollution. ; Environmental chemistry. ; Environmental monitoring. ; Soil Science. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Pollution. ; Environmental Chemistry. ; Environmental Monitoring.
    Description / Table of Contents: Bioremediation of Soil: An Overview -- Current Soil Bioremediation Technologies: An assessment -- Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals: Techniques and Strategies -- Bioremediation of Polluted Aquatic Eco-systems using Macrophytes -- Bioremediation of Salt Affected Soil through Plant-based Strategies -- Bioremediation of Waste Dumping Sites.
    Abstract: This edited volume deals with the understanding of the issues concerned with the pollution caused by toxic elements and heavy metals and their impacts on the different agro-ecosystems as well as the techniques involved in sustainable remediation and amelioration of polluted soils. Furthermore, the book is a detailed comprehensive account for the treatment technologies from unsustainable to sustainable which includes chapters prepared by professionals with expertise in environmental microbiology, biotechnology, bioremediation, and environmental engineering. It focuses on the characterization, reclamation, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of polluted soils. The research presented also highlights some of the significantly important plant and microbial species involved in remediation, the physiology, biochemistry, and the mechanisms of remediation by various plants and microbes, and suggestions for future improvement of bioremediation technology. It offers insights into the current focus and recent advances in bioremediation and green technology applications for sustainable soil management.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVII, 443 p. 84 illus., 56 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030899844
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89984-4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89984-4
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  • 5
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    A Geoinformatics Approach to Water Erosion : Soil Loss and Beyond (2022)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Geographic information systems. ; Earth sciences. ; Physical geography. ; Soil Science. ; Geographical Information System. ; Earth Sciences. ; Physical Geography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- 1. Soil erosion: The general problem -- 1.1 The soil, and its erosion -- 1.2 Scope of soil erosion -- 1.3 A brief history of soil loss -- 1.4 Soil as a finite resource -- 1.5 Summary -- 2 The case of agricultural catchments -- 2.1 Erosion factors in a distinct landform -- 2.2 On-site and off-site consequences -- 2.3 The human agent -- 2.4 Summary -- 3 The physical process -- 3.1 The basics of hillslope erosion -- 3.2 Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) -- 3.3 CAESAR-Lisflood a landscape evolution model -- 3.4 Morgan-Morgan-Finney (MMF) -- 3.5 Summary -- 4 Spatial variation in the catchment -- 4.1 Discrete spatial units -- 4.2 A suite of continuous variables -- 4.3 Summary -- 5 Earth-based observations -- 5.1 Spectral indices: spectral signatures and mathematical expressions -- 5.2 Classification -- 5.3 Synergy of RS data in catchment models -- 5.4 Close range analysis -- 5.5 Summary -- 6 Predicting erosion risk: from expert knowledge to data mining -- 6.1 The Topographic Threshold -- 6.2 Expert-based systems -- 6.3 The data-mining approach -- 6.4 Fuzzy logic -- 6.5 Summary -- 7 Health of the remaining soil -- 7.1 The soil health index -- 7.2 Statistical analysis and pre-processing -- 7.3 Mapping soil health -- 7.4 Summary -- 8 Decision-making -- 8.1 Decision-making in soil conservation -- 8.2 The simple expert system -- 8.3 GISCAME -- 8.4 Summary -- References -- Index -- Nomenclature.
    Abstract: Degradation of agricultural catchments due to water erosion is a major environmental threat at the global scale, with long-lasting destructive consequences valued at tens of billions of dollars per annum. Eroded soils lead to reduced crop yields and deprived agroecosystem’s functioning through, for example, decreased water holding capacity, poor aeration, scarce microbial activity, and loose soil structure. This can result in reduced carbon sequestration, limited nutrient cycling, contamination of water bodies due to eutrophication, low protection from floods and poor attention restoration—consequences that go far beyond the commonly modelled soil loss and deposition budgets. This book demonstrates, using data from the Harod catchment in northern Israel, how cutting-edge geoinformatics, data science methodologies and soil health indicators can be used to measure, predict, and regulate these major environmental hazards. It shows how these approaches are used to quantify—in time and space—the effect of water erosion not only on the soil layer, soil minerals, and soil loss, but also on the wide-range of services that agricultural ecosystems might supply for the benefit and well-being of humans. The algorithms described in this book play a major role in this paradigm shift and they include, for example, extraction of photogrammetric DEMs from drone's data, advanced drainage structure calculations, fuzzy process-based modelling and spatial topographic threshold computations, multicriteria analyses and expert-based systems development using analytic hierarchal processes, innovative data-mining and machine learning tools, autocorrelation and interpolation of soil health, physically-based soil evolution models, spatial decision support systems and many more.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XXII, 349 p. 159 illus., 73 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783030915360
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91536-0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91536-0
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    The Soils of Ethiopia (2023)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Environmental protection. ; Civil engineering. ; Soil Science. ; Soil and Water Protection.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction (Sheleme Beyene) -- Chapter 2. History of Soil Education and Research (Sheleme Beyene) -- Chapter 3. Climate (DegefieTibebe Girma Mamo) -- Chapter 4. Geology and Geomorphology (Bekele Abebe) -- Chapter 5. Soil Classification (Alemayehu Regassa) -- Chapter 6. Major Soil Types (Alemayehu Regassa) -- Chapter 7. Soil Properties (Alemayehu Regassa) -- Chapter 8. Soil Fertility and Soil Health (Kibebew Kibret) -- Chapter 9. Soil Management (Bobe Bedadi) -- Chapter 10. Land Evaluation and Land Use Planning (Berhan Gessesse) -- Chapter 11. Soils and Society (Kibebew Kibret) -- Chapter 12. Soil and Industry (Bipin B Mishra) -- Chapter 13. Future/Emerging Soil Issues (Sheleme Beyene).
    Abstract: This book addresses Ethiopia's extremely rich soil diversity and resources, which have developed under various climatic conditions. Featuring contributions by a group of respected experts on Ethiopian soils and agriculture, it provides comprehensive information on the management approaches needed for sustainable soil utilization and conservation under such conditions and the attendant challenges. It offers a valuable resource for anyone interested in soils and agriculture in Ethiopia, but also in other African countries with similar climatic conditions. The book contains 13 chapters which illustrate the long history of knowledge and soil research; climate; geology and geomorphology; soil forming factors, processes, and classification; major soil types, their properties, fertility status, and management; land evaluation and land use planning; soils and society/industry; and future/emerging soil issues.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVIII, 349 p. 115 illus., 98 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783031170126
    Series Statement: World Soils Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17012-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17012-6
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  • 7
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    Soils in the Hindu Kush Himalayas : Management for Agricultural Land Use (2022)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Agriculture. ; Management. ; Soil Science. ; Agriculture. ; Management.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword by Dr. I.P. Abrol -- Foreword by Prof. K. M. Bujarbaruah -- Foreword by Dr Saroj Kumar Sanyal -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Climate and Environment -- 3. Phsyiography and Resources -- 4. Geology of Hindu Kush-Himalayan Soils -- 5. Soil Microbes and Biofertilizers -- 6 Soils of Hindu Kush-Himalayas -- 7. Land Use and Management. .
    Abstract: This book focuses on the nature and properties of soils of Hindu Kush-Himalayas and their management for agricultural land use. It discusses all aspects of climatic variations and potential of resources in the Himalayan region including examples from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (Tibet), India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. Chapters cover the geology of the parent material of native soils, soils microbes, flora and fauna. Soil classification has been given in detail to better understand the nature of soils for judicious management strategies. The authors present land use practices and suggestions for changes in land use to benefit from the full potential of the soils in this region. Their ultimate aim is to find ways of feeding the ever-increasing population and raising the standard of life for the people living in the Himalayan mountain region. .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XLI, 468 p. 177 illus., 89 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    ISBN: 9783031114588
    Series Statement: Geography of the Physical Environment,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11458-8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11458-8
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  • 8
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    Biochar Applications in Agriculture and Environment Management (2020)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental management. ; Microbial ecology. ; Environment. ; Sustainability. ; Soil Science. ; Agriculture. ; Environmental Management. ; Microbial Ecology. ; Environmental Sciences. ; Sustainability.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Applying Rice Husk Biochar to Revitalise Saline Sodic Soil in Khorat Plateau Area-A Case Study for Food Security Purposes (Saowanee Wijitkosum) -- Chapter 2. Impact of Pyrolysis Techniques on Biochar Characteristics: Application to Soil (Vineet Yadav and Puja Khare) -- Chapter 3. The Potential Application of Biochars for Dyes with an Emphasis on Azo Dyes: Analysis through an Experimental Case Study Utilizing Fruit-Derived Biochar for the Abatement of Congo Red as The Model Pollutant (Kumar Vikrant, Kangkan Roy, Mandavi Goswami, Himanshu Tiwari, Balendu Shekher Giri, Ki-Hyun Kim, Yui Fai Tsang and Ram Sharan Singh) -- Chapter 4. Potential of Biochar for the Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil (Amita Shakya and Tripti Agarwal) -- Chapter 5. Biochars and Its Implications on Soil Health and Crop Productivity in Semi-Arid Environment (P Kannan, D Krishnaveni and S Ponmani) -- Chapter 6. Recent Development in Bioremediation of Soil Pollutants through Biochar for Environmental Sustainability (Gulshan Kumar Sharma, Roomesh Kumar Jena, Surabhi Hota, Amit Kumar, Prasenjit Ray, Ramkishore Fagodiya, Lal Chand Malav, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Dipak Kumar Gupta, Shakeel A Khan and SK Ray) -- Chapter 7. Role of Biochar in Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (Dipak Kumar Gupta, Chandan Kumar Gupta, Rachana Dubey, RK Fagodiya, Gulshan Sharma, Keerthika A, MB Noor Mohamed, Rahul Dev and A K Shukla) -- Chapter 8. Biochar coupled rehabilitation of Cyanobacterial soil crusts: A sustainable approach in stabilization of arid and semiarid soils (Arun Kumar and Jay Shankar Singh) -- Chapter 9. Soil Health Management through Low Cost Biochar Technology (Shaon Kumar Das and Goutam Kumar Ghosh) -- Chapter 10. Utilization of Agricultural Waste as Biochar for Soil Health (AG Rajalakshmi) -- Chapter 11. Biochar: A New Environmental Paradigm in Management of Agricultural Soils and Mitigation of GHG Emission (Palakshi Borah, Nijara Baruah, Lina Gogoi, Bikram Borkotoki, Nirmali Gogoi and Rupam Kataki) -- Chapter 12. Multifarious Benefits of Biochar Application in Different Soil Types (Umesh Pankaj).
    Abstract: This book provides up-to-date information on biochar use in management of soil health, agriculture productivity, green-house gases, restoration ecology and environment. Biochar application to nutrient deficient and disturbed soils is a viable option which may promotes advances in food safety and food security to human nutrition and overall fundamental research in the agricultural sciences. The book describes in detail how the recalcitrant biochar is able to persist for long periods of time and work as a shelter for soil microbial colonisation and their biomass/numbers. This book also includes contents related to important role of biochar applications in the restoration of contaminated agricultural soils. The book will be of particular interest to students, teachers and researchers in the disciplines.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XIV, 272 p. 64 illus., 55 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2020.
    ISBN: 9783030409975
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40997-5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40997-5
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    The Soils of Nevada (2021)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Geomorphology. ; Sedimentology. ; Physical geography. ; Biodiversity. ; Soil Science. ; Geomorphology. ; Sedimentology. ; Physical Geography. ; Biodiversity.
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview -- History of Soil Studies in Nevada -- Soil-Forming Factors -- General Soil Regions of Nevada -- Soil Geomorphology of Nevada -- Diagnostic Horizons and Taxonomic Structure of Nevada Soils -- Taxonomic Soil Regions of Nevada -- Aridisols -- Mollisols -- Entisols -- Inceptisols -- Alfisols, Vertisols, and Andisols -- Soil-Forming Processes in Nevada -- Benchmark, Endemic, Rare, and Endangered Soils in Nevada.-Land Use in Nevada -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book discusses Nevada in the context of the history of soil investigations; soil-forming factors; general soil regions; soil geomorphology; taxonomic structure of the soils; taxonomic soil regions; soil-forming processes; benchmark, endemic, rare, and endangered soils; and use of soils. With an average mean annual precipitation of 175 mm (7 in), Nevada is the driest state in the USA. More than three-quarters (89%) of the state has been mapped and the first soil survey was completed in 1909. Nevada is divided into 10 major land-resource areas and features two large deserts (the Great Basin Desert and the Mojave Desert), and over 100 north–south trending enclosed basins separated by mountain ranges (Basin and Range Province), several of which have peaks exceeding 3,400 m. Further, the soils of Nevada represent seven of the 12 globally recognized orders, 29 suborders, 69 great groups, and over 1,800 soil series, and some of the classic research on the origin of duripans and petrocalcic horizons was conducted in the state. This book presents the first report on the soils of Nevada and provides the first soil map of Nevada utilizing soil.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XV, 301 p. 104 illus., 84 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030531577
    Series Statement: World Soils Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53157-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-53157-7
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    The Soils of Nepal (2021)
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    Keywords: Soil science. ; Agriculture. ; Earth sciences. ; Soil Science. ; Agriculture. ; Earth Sciences.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- History of Soil Research -- Climate -- Geology and Physiography -- Land Use and Land Cover -- Soil Formation -- Soil Types, Soil Classification and Mapping -- Soil Properties -- Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management -- Land Degradation -- Soils and Human -- Soil Issues and Future Perspective.
    Abstract: This book publishes consolidated information on the soils of Nepal from all possible sources. The Survey Department, Government of Nepal, conducted two national scale soil survey projects to classify soils of Nepal (Land Resource Mapping Project ended in 1985, and National Land Use Planning Project ended in 2021). Both projects adopted the United States Department of Agriculture system of soil classification. Besides, National Soil Science Research Center (previously known as Soil Science Division) of Nepal Agricultural Research Council and Soil Management Directorate, Department of Agriculture, also worked on soils of Nepal. To date, the information on the soils of Nepal is not published in well-documented form but has been reported widely as gray literature (project report or government report) or peer-review articles. 'The Soils of Nepal’ is a part of ‘World Soils Book Series’ which constitutes twelve chapters—covering broad aspects such as soil research history, climate, geology, soil classification and mapping, and soil fertility. Furthermore, information about soil properties and relation between soil constituents of the dominant soil types of Nepal and their scope of use in the context of land use are described. This book also tries to simplify the intricate relationship among soil, culture, and people. Each chapter contains a comprehensive, richly illustrated, and up-to-date overview of the soils of Nepal. We believe it fulfils a quest for a global audience including students, educators, extension workers, and soil scientists, who are interested to know the young soils of Nepal.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: XVIII, 161 p. 46 illus., 44 illus. in color. , online resource.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783030809997
    Series Statement: World Soils Book Series,
    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80999-7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80999-7
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