Soil Amendments for Sustainability

Challenges and Perspectives
Herausgeber: Rakshit, Amitava; Abhilash, Purushothaman; Sarkar, Binoy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the pros and cons of amendment materials to restore the functioning of soil resources. It presents a holistic overview on affected land revitalization, clean up and revegetation using these amendments that could be implemented in the long term management of the soil-plant-atmosphereanimal continuum.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 999g
• ISBN-13: 9780815370772
• ISBN-10: 0815370776
• Artikelnr.: 51779056

Autorenporträt

Amitava Rakshit, an IIT, Kharagpur alumnus is presently the faculty member in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University(IAS, BHU). Binoy Sarkaris a Senior Researcher at University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia. Purushothaman C. Abhilashis affiliated as an Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at IESD, BHU.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Editors
Contributors
Section I Characterization and Concepts
Chapter 1 Soil Amendments for Sustainable Intensification
Suhas P. Wani, Girish Chander, and G. Pardhasaradhi
Chapter 2 Clay Amendments for Environmental Clean-Up
K.M. Manjaiah, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Neethu Narayanan, Binoy Sarkar, and S.C.
Datta
Chapter 3 Fertilizer Best Management Practices: Concepts and Recent
Advances
Hirak Banerjee, Krishnendu Ray, and Sudarshan Kr. Dutta
Chapter 4 Digital Soil Science for Identification of Problem Soil
Characteristics
Shovik Deb and Somsubhra Chakraborty
Chapter 5 Advanced Hyperspectral and X-Ray Fluorescence Sensors for
Monitoring Contaminated Soils
Somsubhra Chakraborty, David C. Weindorf, and D.P. Ray
Chapter 6 Soil Physical Properties in Biochar Amended Soils: Challenges and
Perspectives for Agronomic Implications
D.N. Vidana Gamage, J. Delisle, B.A. Bissonnette, and A. Biswas
Chapter 7 Biogeochemical Behavior of Arsenic in Biochar-Amended Soils
Muhammad Babar Javed, Sabry M. Shaheen, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Irshad Bibi,
Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Tariq Javed, Noha E.E. Hassan, Jörg Rinklebe,
Tariq Mehmood, and Andreas Lüttge
Chapter 8 Glomalin, the AM Fungi Secreted Soil Protein: Role in
Sequestering Soil Carbon and Heavy Metal Reduction
Richa Agnihotri, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Aketi Ramesh, Anil Prakash, and
Mahaveer P. Sharma
Chapter 9 Soil Amendments for Environmental Sustainability: Policy
Recommendations
and Future Prospects
Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash, Ajeet Singh, Amitava Rakshit, and
Vishal Tripathi
Section II Management Strategies
Chapter 10 Using Industry Wastes as Soil Amendments
Simon Leake and Alisa Bryce
Chapter 11 Biochar: An Anthropogenic Pyrogenic Amendment
Santanu Mukherjee and Lutz Weihermüller
Chapter 12 Application of Biochar as Soil Amendment: Theory and Practice
Hrittick Biswas, M. Prabhavathi, S.L. Patil, Suresh Kumar, and A.S. Morade
Chapter 13 Management of Fly Ash for Sustainable Soil Health
A.K. Nayak, Debarati Bhaduri, Sangita Mohanty, Anjani Kumar, and Suman G.
Sahu
Chapter 14 Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum as Soil Amendment
Dinesh Panday, Richard B. Ferguson, and Bijesh Maharjan
Chapter 15 Use of Zeolites in Agriculture: Effect of Addition of Natural
Zeolite-Clinoptilolite and Compost on Soil Properties and Crop Development
Victor Kavvadias, Zacharias Ioannou, Panagiotis Katsaris, Anna Kardimaki,
Evagelia Vavoulidou, and Sideris Theocharopoulos
Chapter 16 The Environmental Evaluation of Applying Red Mud as Soil
Amendment: A Review
Yanju Liu, Yubiao Li, Dawit Bekele, and Ravi Naidu
Chapter 17 Fertilizer Value of Bio-Based Amendments Recovered from Digested
Waste
Céline Vaneeckhaute
Chapter 18 Back to Basic Slags as a Phosphorus Source and Liming Material
Chien-Ying Yang, Inka Reijonen, Hai Yu, Rajarathnam Dharmarajan, Balaji
Seshadri, and Nanthi S. Bolan
Chapter 19 Dry Olive Residue Used as Organic Amendment: Implications of
Fungal Biotransformation and Soil Application
José A. Siles, Mercedes García-Sánchez, Inmaculada García-Romera, and
Inmaculada Sampedro
Chapter 20 Effects of Industrial Wastewaters on Soil Sustainability and
Environment
Pankaj Chowdhary, Sujata Mani, Ileana Pereda Reyes, and Ram Naresh
Bharagava
Section III Specialized Case Studies
Chapter 21 Amendments for Heavy Metal Remediation in Contaminated Soil
Manoj Shrivastava, Akansha Srivastav, Ravinder Kaur, Prashant Srivastava,
and P.C. Srivastava
Chapter 22 Alternative Soil Amendments for Organic Cultivation System
B.B. Basak, Ajoy Saha, and Binoy Sarkar
Chapter 23 Biochar Application for Sustainable Soil Quality: A Case Study
in Tropical Urban Environment
Subhadip Ghosh, Lai Fern Ow, and Mohamed Lokman Yusof
Chapter 24 Vermicompost as Soil Amendment for Sustainable Land and
Environment in Thailand
Chuleemas Boonthai Iwai, Aung Naing Oo, Ajcharawadee Kruapukdee, and
Thammared Chuasavatee
Chapter 25 Nutrient Enrichment of Mine Spoil with Suitable Organic and
Bio-Fertilizer Amendments as a Sustainable Technology for Eco Restoration
Samrudhi Nayak and C.S.K. Mishra
Chapter 26 Ameliorative Effects of Polyamines for Combating Heavy Metal
Toxicity in Plants Growing in Contaminated Sites with Special Reference to
Cadmium
Prasann Kumar and Padmanabh Dwivedi
Index