Soils Plant Growth And Crop Production

Author : Willy H. Verheye
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848263686
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soils, Plant Growth and Crop Production - Volume II written by Willy H. Verheye and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soils, Plant Growth and Crop Production is a component of Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty Encyclopedias. Plants, and crops in particular, grow and develop through the uptake of water and nutrients by the root system in soils and their transformation into biomass through processes governed by photosynthesis. The quality and amount of products harvested from this biomass depend largely on the intrinsic properties of the soil, i.e. the moisture and nutrients made available for uptake by the roots. These volumes describe in a synthetic form the impact of the most important soil properties on general agronomy, crop production, cultivation methods, and yields, including the specific management aspects which take away some production constraints. Changes in general agronomy as a result of plant breeding, climatic change and competition between newly introduced crops are discussed. The three volumes with contributions from distinguished experts in the field discusses about soils, plant growth and crop production in several related topics. These volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Author : Willy H. Verheye
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848263678
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soils, Plant Growth and Crop Production - Volume I written by Willy H. Verheye and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soils, Plant Growth and Crop Production is a component of Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty Encyclopedias. Plants, and crops in particular, grow and develop through the uptake of water and nutrients by the root system in soils and their transformation into biomass through processes governed by photosynthesis. The quality and amount of products harvested from this biomass depend largely on the intrinsic properties of the soil, i.e. the moisture and nutrients made available for uptake by the roots. These volumes describe in a synthetic form the impact of the most important soil properties on general agronomy, crop production, cultivation methods, and yields, including the specific management aspects which take away some production constraints. Changes in general agronomy as a result of plant breeding, climatic change and competition between newly introduced crops are discussed. The three volumes with contributions from distinguished experts in the field discusses about soils, plant growth and crop production in several related topics. These volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Author : Willy H. Verheye
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
ISBN 13 : 1848263694
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soils, Plant Growth and Crop Production - Volume III written by Willy H. Verheye and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soils, Plant Growth and Crop Production is a component of Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty Encyclopedias. Plants, and crops in particular, grow and develop through the uptake of water and nutrients by the root system in soils and their transformation into biomass through processes governed by photosynthesis. The quality and amount of products harvested from this biomass depend largely on the intrinsic properties of the soil, i.e. the moisture and nutrients made available for uptake by the roots. These volumes describe in a synthetic form the impact of the most important soil properties on general agronomy, crop production, cultivation methods, and yields, including the specific management aspects which take away some production constraints. Changes in general agronomy as a result of plant breeding, climatic change and competition between newly introduced crops are discussed. The three volumes with contributions from distinguished experts in the field discusses about soils, plant growth and crop production in several related topics. These volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Author : Willy H. Verheye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848268180
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soils, Plant Growth and Crop Production written by Willy H. Verheye and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Douglas W. Ming
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lunar Base Agriculture written by Douglas W. Ming and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lunar base scenarios; The lunar environment; Chemical and physical considerations for a lunar-derived soil; Biological considerations for a lunar-derived soil; Controlled ecological life support systems (CELSS): current research; Future research areas: the growth of higher plant in CELSS.

Author : Peter J. Gregory
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405197706
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soil Conditions and Plant Growth written by Peter J. Gregory and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the extremely successful and popular Russell’s Soil Conditions and Plant Growth, Wiley-Blackwell is pleased to publish this completely revised and updated edition of the soil science classic. Covering all aspects of the interactions between plant and soil, Peter Gregory and Stephen Nortcliff, along with their team of internationally-known and respected authors, provide essential reading for all students and professionals studying and working in agriculture and soil science. Subject areas covered range from crop science and genetics; soil fertility and organic matter; nitrogen and phosphoros cycles and their management; properties and management of plant nutrients; water and the soil physical environment and its management; plants and change processes in soils; management of the soil/plant system; and new challenges including food, energy and water security in a changing environment. Providing a very timely account on how better to understand and manage the many interactions that occur between soils and plants, Soil Conditions and Plant Growth is sure to become the book of choice - as a recommended text for students and as an invaluable reference for those working or entering into the industry. An essential purchase for all universities and research establishments where agricultural, soil, and environmental sciences are studied and taught.

Author : Edward John Russell
Publisher : Longman Scientific and Technical
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1024 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russell's Soil Conditions and Plant Growth written by Edward John Russell and published by Longman Scientific and Technical. This book was released on 1988 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **** A classic, cited in BCL3. A Longman Scientific and Technical Publication. First edition, 1912; 10th ed., 1973. The 11th edition upholds the reputation earned by earlier ones. In a lucid style, it discusses the quantitative effects of soil and climate on the growth of farm crops, incorporating advances in plant and soil research, including new information on crop growth, soil processes and properties, and the management of soil for agricultural and horticultural purposes. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Catriona M. K. Gardner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soil Physical Constraints to Plant Growth and Crop Production written by Catriona M. K. Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nand Kumar Fageria
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824700898
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops, Third Edition written by Nand Kumar Fageria and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1997-06-20 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines climate-soil-plant interrelationships governing the nutritional and growth aspects of cereal, legume, and pasture crops--providing basic and applied information to improve the management and potential yield of major temperate and tropical field crop. Second Edition furnishes a new chapter on the management of degraded soils, and improved organization of chapter sequence, and more than 325 tables and drawings--over 90 new to this edition."

Author : Khalid Rehman Hakeem
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331934451X
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soil Science: Agricultural and Environmental Prospectives written by Khalid Rehman Hakeem and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soil is the most important natural non-renewable resource developed over a longer period of time due to weathering of rocks and subsequently enrichment of organic matter. Soil provides habitat for numerous microorganisms and serves as a natural medium for plant growth, thereby providing the plants with anchorage, nutrients and water to sustain the growth. Soil also serves as a universal sink for all types of pollutants, purifies ground water and is a major reserve of carbon in the universe. The role of soils to provide ecosystem services, maintenance of environmental/human health and ensuring the food security makes it as the most important and basic natural resource. Soil Science helps us to elaborate and understand how the soils provide all these services. Soil Science also provides us the basic knowledge dealing with the origin of the soil parent material, weathering of parent material and the formation of soils, morphological, physico-chemical and biological features of soils, classification of soils and role of soils in the provision and maintenance of ecosystem services, food security and environmental quality. This book encompasses the various processes, functions and behaviour of soils very comprehensively to acquaint the students of soil, plant and environmental sciences about their role to perform different agricultural and environmental functions.