Soil Conservation and Fertility Management

This book entitled, Soil Conservation and Fertility Management is written to serve a reference/guide book for the students of agriculture, veterinary, soil conservation and field practitioners. The book fills the need for an up-to-date comprehensive text on Soil and Water Conservation, and Soil Fertility Management for Farming under varying situations for the students at under graduate and post graduate levels. This book will be of immense use in imparting knowledge on the basic principles and applied aspects of the farming for soil and water conservation for students, teachers, scientists, extension workers and professionals engaged in agricultural development.

1. Introduction

2. Soil Development

3. Soil Formation

4. Soil Colloids and Clay Minerals

5. Saline, Alkali and Acid Soils

6. Soil Organic Matter

7. Soil Water Relationship

8. Role of Water

9. Hydrologic Al Cycle

10. Environment and Soil Erosion

11. Soil and Water Conservation

12. Soil Fertility and Productivity

13. Soil Conservation

14. Moisture Stress and Conservation Drylands

15. Soil Fertility Management and Fertilizer Use

16. Management of Pasture Lands in the Arid Regions

17. Agro-Forestry and Social Forestry

18. Watershed Management

19. Development of Dryland Agriculture in India

20. Agronomic Measures in Soil and Water Conservation

21. Loss of Nutrients from Soil

22. Soil Amendments

23. Biofertilizers

24. Land Utilization and Production Pattern

25. Sustainable Agriculture

References

Subject Index