Tropical soils
Subtitle: properties and management for sustainable agriculture
By: Anthony S.R. Juo, Kathrin Franzluebbers
Contributors: Franzluebbers, Kathrin
Series: Topics in sustainable agronomy; Topics in sustainable agronomy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9781601196835
Subjects: Soils; Sustainable agriculture; Sols; Agriculture durable; Solos; Agricultura sustentável; Zonas tropicais
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I.; title: Basic Considerations -- -- 1.; title: The Tropical Environment -- -- 2.; title: Mineralogy -- -- 3.; title: Soil Chemistry -- -- 4.; title: Soil Physics -- -- 5.; title: Soil Biology and Microbiology -- -- 6.; title: Soil Fertility -- -- 7.; title: Soil Formation and Classification -- -- 8.; title: Major Arable Soils of the Tropics: A Descriptive Grouping Based on Clay Mineralogy -- -- pt. II.; title: Properties and Management -- -- 9.; title: Soil Management: An Overview -- -- 10.; title: Properties and Management of Kaolinitic Soils -- -- 11.; title: Properties and Management of Oxidic Soils -- -- 12.; title: Properties and Management of Smectitic Soils -- -- 13.; title: Properties and Management of Allophanic Soils -- -- 14.; title: Soils and Sustainable Agriculture: Ecological Considerations -- -- App.; title: Physical and Chemical Properties of Selected Soil Profiles.