The Black Earth Ecological Principles for Sustainable Agriculture on Chernozem Soils /

Soil is the Earth’s living skin. It provides anchorage for roots, holds water long enough for plants to make use of it and the nutrients that sustain life – otherwise the Earth would be as barren as Mars. It is home to myriad micro-organisms and armies of microscopic animals as well as the familiar...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Dent, David (Συγγραφέας), Boincean, Boris P. (Συγγραφέας), Krupenikov, Igori Arcadie (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Σειρά:International Year of Planet Earth
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 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.