Soil Amendments and Environmental Quality

Series: Agriculture & the Environment Volume: 2

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Cat. #: L859 ISBN: 0873718593 Publication Date: 9/25/1995 Number of Pages: 528

This book presents a comprehensive and balanced overview of soil amendments and their effect on the environment. It encompasses both positive and negative aspects of chemical fertilizers that supply nitrogen, phosphorous, sulfur, lime, micronutrients, and trace metals. Pros and cons are discussed with respect to the optimal and the most environmentally sound use of soil amendments, and guidance is provided on how to minimize the environmental effects of amendments. Natural fertilizers, including manure, sludge, fly ash, phosphogypsum, and byproduct gypsum are also discussed.

Alternative agronomic practices and biotechnology that ameliorate or minimize potential adverse effects of fertilizer use are examined in detail. This authoritative and up-to-date treatise is multidisciplinary in nature and international in scope, a powerful reference tool for researchers, a thorough guide for practitioners and policy makers, and an excellent text book for academic courses.

• The characteristics of various soil amendments, including natural fertilizers and industrial byproducts
• Movements and reactions of soil amendments in soil
• The use and effects of organic and inorganic soil amendments
• Potential adverse effects of soil amendments and their amelioration
• Soil physical and chemical properties influenced by organic amendments
• Microbial soil amendments and their environmental attributes
• The effects of agricultural management practices on the behavior and the fate of soil amendments