Tropical Soils: Properties and Management for Sustainable Agriculture

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Anthony S. R. Juo (Professor of Soils and Crop Sciences, Professor of Soils and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University) Kathrin Franzluebbers

Tropical Soils

Properties and Management for Sustainable Agriculture

Anthony S. R. Juo (Professor of Soils and Crop Sciences, Professor of Soils and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University), Kathrin Franzluebbers

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 October 2003

Soil science, sedimentology; Agricultural science; Tropical agriculture: practice & techniques

Series: Topics in Sustainable Agronomy

Agricultural ecology, or agroecology, deals in general with the structure and function of agroecosystems at different levels of resolution. In this text/reference, the authors describe in terms of agroecology the tropical environments of sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin and Central America, focusing on production and management systems unique to each region.

By: Anthony S. R. Juo (Professor of Soils and Crop Sciences Professor of Soils and Crop Sciences Texas A&M University), Kathrin Franzluebbers
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 596g
ISBN: 9780195115987
ISBN 10: 0195115988
Series: Topics in Sustainable Agronomy
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 01 October 2003
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Introduction 2: Mineralogy 3: Soil Chemistry 4: Soil Physics 5: Soil Biology and Microbiology 6: Soil Fertility 7: Soil Formation and Classification 8: Major Soils of the Tropics: A Descriptive Classification Based on Clay Mineralogy 9: Soil Management: An Overview 10: Properties and Management of Kaolinitic Soils 11: Properties and Management of Oxidic Soils 12: Properties and Management of Smectitic Soils 13: Properties and Management of Allophanic Soils 14: Soils and Sustainable Agriculture

Reviews for Tropical Soils: Properties and Management for Sustainable Agriculture

Juo and Franzluebbers offer an overview of the properties and management for sustainable soils in a worldwide geographical region defined by the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. . .The text is easy to read and well illustrated with figures that contain source citations; and authors have woven through the pros and cons of impacts of intensive land use on soils in the tropics. --CHOICE, S. G. Shetron