Soil Essentials
Subtitle: Managing Your Farm's Primary Asset
By: [by] Roger Hall.
Publisher: Landlinks
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Collingwood, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780643090521
Subjects: Ecologia dels so  ls; U s del So  l
Notes: Refere  ncies bibliogra  fiques (p. [175]-176) i i ndex.
Table of contents: title: Preface, by Roger Hall
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: The nature of Australian soils
pagenum: 7; label: 2
title: Soil pH
pagenum: 13; label: 3
title: Nutrient balance in the soil
pagenum: 21; label: 4
title: Carbon in the soil
pagenum: 25; label: 5
title: Nitrogen in the soil
pagenum: 29; label: 6
title: Phosphorus in the soil
pagenum: 35; label: 7
title: Potassium in the soil
pagenum: 39; label: 8
title: Magnesium in the soil
pagenum: 43; label: 9
title: Trace elements in the soil
pagenum: 47; label: 10
title: Soil cations
pagenum: 51; label: 11
title: Sulphur in the soil
pagenum: 57; label: 12
title: Aluminium in the soil
pagenum: 61; label: 13
title: Soil sodicity
pagenum: 67; label: 14
title: Soil analysis results
pagenum: 71; label: 15
title: Encouraging soil biological activity
pagenum: 75; label: 16
title: Earthworms
pagenum: 79; label: 17
title: Biological farming
pagenum: 85; label: 18
title: Components of soil fertility
pagenum: 93; label: 19
title: When to apply fertilisers to plants
pagenum: 99; label: 20
title: Soil erosion
pagenum: 121; label: 21
title: Repairing and preventing soil erosion
pagenum: 125; label: 22
title: Soil compaction
pagenum: 129; label: 23
title: Soil structural decline
pagenum: 133; label: 24
title: Water movement in soil
pagenum: 139; label: 25
title: Urbanisation in rural areas
pagenum: 154; title: Appendix 1: Preferred pH(water) ranges for some agricultural crops
pagenum: 146; title: Appendix 2: The pH (H2O) scale
pagenum: 147; title: Appendix 3: Electrical conductivity (in dS/m)
pagenum: 148; title: Appendix 4: Salt tolerance of some agricultural crops showing maximum ECe values in dS/m for no yield reduction
pagenum: 149; title: Appendix 5: Total soluble salts
pagenum: 150; title: Appendix 6: Chloride (as % NaCl)
pagenum: 151; title: Appendix 7: Organic carbon (%) and total nitrogen (%)
pagenum: 152; title: Appendix 9: The nitrogen cycle
pagenum: 153; title: Appendix 9: The chemistry of the carbon cycle
pagenum: 154; title: Appendix 10: Mathematical conversions
pagenum: 156; title: Appendix 11: The organic matter cycle
pagenum: 157; title: Appendix 12: The different processes of slaking and dispersion
pagenum: 158; title: Appendix 13: Organic matter levels relative to rainfall for surface soils (0–10 cm)
pagenum: 159; title: Appendix 14: Nutrient deficiencies in plants: a quick guide
pagenum: 160; title: Appendix 15: Average nutrient content of animal manures (as a percentage)
pagenum: 161; title: Appendix 16: Mineral elements in plants
pagenum: 162; title: Appendix 17: The average composition of the plant
pagenum: 163; title: Appendix 18: The influence of chemical fertilisers on pH
pagenum: 164; title: Appendix 19: Physical properties of soil
pagenum: 165; title: Appendix 20: The four main types of structure that occur in mineral soils
pagenum: 166; title: Appendix 21: Plant–soil–water relationships
pagenum: 167; title: Appendix 22: Readily available water required
pagenum: 168; title: Appendix 23: Cumulative infiltration of water
pagenum: 169; title: Appendix 24: Average infiltration rates for some soil types
pagenum: 170; title: Appendix 25: Assessing soil texture by feel
pagenum: 171; title: Appendix 26: Texturing soils using a soil bolus
pagenum: 173; title: Appendix 27: Soil colour
pagenum: 175; title: References
pagenum: 177