This major revision of a bestselling text shows that soil is three-dimensional and dynamic. This concept is developed in the first two chapters and is built on throughout the book. Chapters 3 through 7 explore soil physical properties and water, with expanded coverage of tillage and traffic and an increased emphasis on water and wind erosion processes. Chapters 8 through 11 discuss the biological aspects of soils as well as their mineralogical and chemical properties. In Chapters 12 through 15, the general area of soil fertility and fertilizer use is covered. Other chapters examine soil genesis, taxonomy, geography, land use and soil survey, and land use interpretations. Finally in chapter 20, the importance of nonagronomic factors in the food population problem are discussed. Both English and metric units are used for crop yields, new figures and tables are included, summary statements are given at the end of the more difficult sections and at the end of each chapter, and non-agricultural examples and several computer applications are provided for reference.
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oxidic clays, andic soil properties, moisture control section, intervein areas, glacial parent materials, most abundant soils, ustic moisture regime, basic cation saturation, mean annual soil temperature, prescription athletic turf, mollic horizon, aridic moisture regime, aquic moisture regime, organic soil materials, increasing soil depth, intensively weathered, soil peds, mineral soil horizon, aluminum saturation, annual soil temperatures, stable organic matter, udic moisture regime, fixed potassium, weathered soils, micropore space Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Fertilizer Technology and Use by Orvis P. Engelstad on page 235, and page 253
- Factors of Soil Formation: A System of Quantitative Pedology (Dover Earth Science) by Hans Jenny on page 185, and page 274
- Applied soil physics: Soil water and temperature applications (Advanced series in agricultural sciences) by R. J Hanks on page 72
- Land Appln of Sludge by A. L. Page on page 253
- Soil Surveys and Land Use Planning by Bartelli on page 331
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- Introduction to Soil Science: Soils of the Tropics by Bernard P. K. Yerima on 4 pages
- Basics of Environmental Science by Michael Allaby on page 135, page 136, and Back Matter
- Sugar Cane Cultivation and Management by H. Bakker on page 93, page 108, and page 119
- Basics of Environmental Science by Michael Allaby on page 127, and Back Matter
- Practical Handbook for Wetland Identification and Delineation (Mapping Science) by John G. Lyon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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