Soil Pollution - An Emerging Threat to Agriculture

• Main Authors: Saha, Jayanta K. (Author), Selladurai, Rajendiran (Author), Coumar, M. Vassanda (Author), Dotaniya, M.L (Author), Kundu, Samaresh (Author), Patra, Ashok K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, 10
• Subjects: Environment.; Agriculture.; Landscape ecology.; Environmental chemistry.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Pollution.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Environmental Chemistry.; Pollution, general.; Landscape Ecology.

The book provides reader with a comprehensive up-to-date overview of various aspects of soil pollutants manifestation of toxicity. The book highlights their interactions with soil constituents, their toxicity to agro-ecosystem & human health, methodologies of toxicity assessment along with remed...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Agriculture, Soil and Environment
• Chapter 2. Soil and its Role in the Ecosystem
• Chapter 3. Impacts of Soil Pollution and Their Assessment
• Chapter 4. Major Inorganic Pollutants affecting soil and crop quality
• Chapter 5. Organic pollutants
• Chapter 6. Collection and Processing of Polluted Soil for Analysis
• Chapter 7. Assessment of Heavy Metals Contamination in Soil
• Chapter 8. Urban Activities in India Leading to Soil Pollution
• Chapter 9. Industrial Activities in India and Their Impact on Agroecosystem
• Chapter 10. Impact of Different Developmental Projects on Soil Fertility
• Chapter 11. Status of Soil Pollution in India
• Chapter 12. Remediation and management of Polluted Sites
• Chapter 13. Soil Protection Policy. .