Download or read book Effects of Soil Temperature on the Activity of Soil Fauna and Flora written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Soil Conditions and Plants Growth written by Sir John E. Russell and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognised As Complex Are The Relations Of The Plant To The Soil. Looking Through A Historical Perspective On The Evolution Of Systematic Scientific Studies On This Relation, This Book Endeavours To Compile The Available Information On The Soil As A Medium For Plant Life. With Reference To The Studies Made In Different Parts Of The World, It Covers All The Related Subjects And Topics In An Exhaustive Manner- The Microscopic Inhabitants Of The Soil And Their Connection With Plant Life; Relation Between Vegetation And Soil Temperature And Soil Moisture; Plant Nutrition Through Soil; Saline And Alkali; Soils And Their Management; Rock Weathering Soil Formation; Control Of Soil Erosion; And Conservation Of Soil Fertility; Etc. The Text Is Aptly Illustrated, Enriched With Tables Of Scientific Data, And Supplemented With References For Further Information And An Exhaustive Subject Index. Chapter 1: Historical And Introductory; The Search For The Principle Of Vegetation 1630-1750, The Serach For Plant Nutrients, The Phlogistic Period 1750-1800, The Modern Period 1800-1860, The Beginnings Of Soil Bacteriology, The Rise Of Modern Knowledge Of The Soil And The Return Of Field Studies, Chapter 2: The Food Of Plants, Chapter 3: The Individual Nutrients Needed By Plants; Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Silicon, Chlorides, Trade Elements In Plant Nutrition, Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Molydenum, Boron, Trace Elements In Animal Nutrition, Chapter 4: Quantitative Studies On Plant Growth; The Relation Between Growth And Nutrient Supply As Found By Experiment, The Assumed Relation Between Growth And Nutrient Supply, The Interaction Of Nutrients, Chapter 5: The Composition Of The Soil; Size Distribution Of Soil Particles, The Mineralogical Composition Of The Soil Particles: Sand And Silt Fractions, The Clay Fraction, Non Crystalline Inorganic Components Of Soils, The Exchangeable Bases Held By The Soil, Chapter 6: The Constitution Of Clay Minerals, Chapter 7: The Cation And Anion Holding Powers Of Soils; The Cation Holding Power Of Clay Minerals, The Clay Acid, The Ph Of Soil, Summary Of The Factors Affecting The Ph Of A Soil, The Lime Requirement Of A Soil, Relative Attractions Of Clay For Different Cations, The Quantitative Laws Of Base Exchange, The Anion Holding Power Of Soils, Summary Of The Acid And Base Holding Mechanisms In Soils, The Effect Of Fertilizers On The Exchangeable Bases Held By Soils, Chapter 8: The Behaviour Of Soils And Clays In Water; The Absorption Of Liquids And Gases By Dry Clays, Deflocculation And Flocculation Of Clay Suspensions, Deflocculation And Flocculation In Clay Pastes And Clods, Soil Consistency, Chapter 9: The Physiology Of The Microbial Population; The Microbial Population Of The Soil, The Nutrition Of The Microflora, Autotrophic And Heterotrophic Organisms, The Respiration Of The Microflora, Aerobic And Anaerobic Organisms, The Byproducts Of Microbial Metabolism, Microbial Excretions, Chapter 10: The Organisms Composing The Population; Bacteria, The Number Of Bacteria In The Soil, The Types Of Soil Bacteria, The Fluctuations In The Number Of Soil Bacteria, Bacteriophages, Actinomycetes, Fungi, Algae, Protozoa, Amoeboid And Flagellate Stages Of Other Organisms, Chapter 11: The Soil Fauna Other Than Protozoa; Nematodes, Earthworms, Arthropods, Gasteropods, The Soil Inhabiting Mammals, Chapter 12: The General Ecology Of The Soil Population, The Distribution Of Micro Organisms Through The Soil Space, The Effect Of The Energy Supply, The Activity Of The Soil Population, The Relation Between Microbiological Activity And Soil Fertility, Symbiotic And Antibiotic Relations Between The Microflora, Interactions Between The Soil Microflora And Fauna, Soil Moisture And Soil Temperature, The Effect Of Soil Reaction, Partial Sterilisation Of The Soil, Chapter 13: The Association Between Plants And Micro Organisms; The Rhizosphere Population, Association Of Fungi With Plant Roots, Specialised Association Between Plant Roots And Soil Microorganisms, The Ectotrophic Mycorrhizas Of Forest Trees, Endotrophic Mycorrhizas, Chapter 14: The Decomposition Of Plant Material; The Plant Constituents, The Decomposition Of Plnat Residues, Composting, The Microorganisms Involved In The Decomposition Of Plant Remains, Green Manuring, The Decomposition Of Green Manures Under Water Logged Conditions: Paddy Soils, Chapter 15: The Composition Of The Soil Organic Matter; The Fractionation Of The Soil Humus, The Composition And Formation Of Humus, The Carbon Nitrogen Ration, The Phosphorus Compounds, The Sulphur Compounds In The Organic Matter, The Properties Of Soil Humus, The Acid Properties And The Base Exchange Capacity Of Humus, Clay Humus Complexes, The Level Of Organic Matter In Soils, Chapter 16: The Nitrogen Cycle In The Soil; The Mineralisation Of Soil Nitrogen, The Production Of Ammonia From Organic Matter, Nitrification In The Soil: The Production Of Nitric And Nitrate, The Level Of Mineral Nitrogen In The Soil, Losses Of Inorganic Nitrogen From The Soil, Grains Of Nitrogen By The Soil, Non Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation In Soils, Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation In Leguminous Plants, Chapter 17: The Temperature Of The Soil; The Heat Balance Of A Soil, The Influence Of Vegetation On Soil Temperature, The Variation Of Soil Temperature With Depth, Chapter 18: The Soil Atmosphere, Chapter 19: The Water In Soils; Where And How The Water Is Held, Suction And Pf Curves For Soils, The Movement Of Water In Soils, Entry Of Water Into A Soil: Infiltration Rate Or Premeability, Drainage Of Water, Field Capacity, Evaporation Of Water From A Bare Soil, Chapter 20: Water And Plant Growth; The Amout Of Water Transpired By A Crop, Chapter 21: The Transfer Of Water From Soil To Plant; The Wilting Range In Soils, The Available Water In Soils, The Amout Of Available Water Held By A Soil, Chapter 22: The Control Of Soil Moisture In Practice; Removal Of Excess Water By Drainage, Irriation, Dry Farming, Chapter 23: Soil Structure And Soil Tilth; The Breakdown Of Soil Structure, The Building Up Of Soil Structure In The Field, The Effects Of Cultivation Implements And The Weather, Modifying The Composition Of The Soil, The Effect Of Growing Crops On The Soil Structure, The Mechanism Of Crumb And Clod Formation, Chapter 24: The Development Of Plant Roots In Soil, Chapter 25: The Uptake Of Nutrients From The Soil; The Absorption Of Nutriens And Water By Plant Roots, The Soil Solution, The Sources From Which Plant Roots Extract Nutrients, Transfer Of Nutrients From The Root To The Soil, The Need For Fertiliser Placement, Chapter 26: The Sources Of Plant Nutrients In The Soil; The Phosphorus Compounds, The Phosphatic Fertilisers, The Reversion Of Phosphate Fertilisers In The Soil, The Level Of Available Phsosphate In The Soil, The Potassium Compounds, The Calcium Compounds, The Maganese Compounds, The Sulphur Compounds, The Nitrogen Compounds, The Organic Matter, Chapter 27: The Effect Of Soil Acidity And Alkalinity On Plant Growth; The Effect Of Soil Acidity, The Effect Of Soil Alkalinity, Chapter 28: The Effect Of Growing Plant On The Soil; The Efect Of A Crop On Its Successor, The Interaction Between Plants Growing Together, Chapter 29: The Weathering Of Rocks; The Formation Of The Crust Of Weathering, Laterites And Ferrallites, Weathering In The Soil Zone, Chapter 30: Soil Formation Of The Well Drained Sites; The Humus Of The Forest Floor, Well Drained Soils Under Mor, The Podsol, Well Drained Soils Under Mull, The Brown Earths, The Grassland Soils: The Prairie Soils And Chernozems, Leached Soils Of The Humid Tropics, Chapter 31: The Influence Of Topography On Soil Formation; Effect Of Impeded Drainage And Ground Water On The Soil, Pan Formation In Soils, Soil Formation On Hill Slopes, The Soil Catena, Chapter 32: Saline And Alkali Soils, Saline Soils Or Solonchaks, Alkali Soils: The Solonetz And Solod, Chapter 33: The Management Of Irrigated Saline And Alkali Soils; The Effect Of Soluble Salts On Plant Growth, The Control Of Soluble Salts In The Soil, The Control Of Alkalinity, Reclamation Of Soils Damaged By Sea Water, Chapter 34: The General Principles Of Soil Management; The Principles Underlying The Control Of Soil Erosion, Wind Erosion And Soil Drifting, Erosion Of Running Water, Chapter 35: Principles Of The Methods Of Soil Cultivation; Mulches And Shade Trees, Chapter 36: The Control Of Soil Fertility In Practice; The Management Of Sandy Soils In England, The Management Of The English Clay Soils, Some Principles Involved In The Management Of Tropical Soils, The Principles Of Land Classification.

Download or read book Climate Change and Soil Interactions written by Majeti Narasimha Var Prasad and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Change and Soil Interactions examines soil system interactions and conservation strategies regarding the effects of climate change. It presents cutting-edge research in soil carbonization, soil biodiversity, and vegetation. As a resource for strategies in maintaining various interactions for eco-sustainability, topical chapters address microbial response and soil health in relation to climate change, as well as soil improvement practices. Understanding soil systems, including their various physical, chemical, and biological interactions, is imperative for regaining the vitality of soil system under changing climatic conditions. This book will address the impact of changing climatic conditions on various beneficial interactions operational in soil systems and recommend suitable strategies for maintaining such interactions. Climate Change and Soil Interactions enables agricultural, ecological, and environmental researchers to obtain up-to-date, state-of-the-art, and authoritative information regarding the impact of changing climatic conditions on various soil interactions and presents information vital to understanding the growing fields of biodiversity, sustainability, and climate change. Addresses several sustainable development goals proposed by the UN as part of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development Presents a wide variety of relevant information in a unique style corroborated with factual cases, colour images, and case studies from across the globe Recommends suitable strategies for maintaining soil system interactions under changing climatic conditions

Download or read book Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming written by Jacqueline E. Mohan and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-04-27 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming: Microbes, Vegetation, Fauna and Soil Biogeochemistry focuses on biotic and biogeochemical responses to warmer soils including plant and microbial evolution. It covers various field settings, such as arctic tundra; alpine meadows; temperate, tropical and subalpine forests; drylands; and grassland ecosystems. Information integrates multiple natural science disciplines, providing a holistic, integrative approach that will help readers understand and forecast future planetwide responses to soil warming. Students and educators will find this book informative for understanding biotic and biogeochemical responses to changing climatic conditions. Scientists from a wide range of disciplines, including soil scientists, ecologists, geneticists, as well as molecular, evolutionary and conservation biologists, will find this book a valuable resource in understanding and planning for warmer climate conditions. Emphasizes biological components of soils, plants and microbes that provide linkages to physics and chemistry Brings together chapters written by global scientific experts with interests in communication and education Includes coverage of polar, alpine, tropical, temperate and dryland ecosystems

Download or read book Physiology of Woody Plants written by Stephen G. Pallardy and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woody plants such as trees have a significant economic and climatic influence on global economies and ecologies. This completely revised classic book is an up-to-date synthesis of the intensive research devoted to woody plants published in the second edition, with additional important aspects from the authors' previous book, Growth Control in Woody Plants. Intended primarily as a reference for researchers, the interdisciplinary nature of the book makes it useful to a broad range of scientists and researchers from agroforesters, agronomists, and arborists to plant pathologists and soil scientists. This third edition provides crutial updates to many chapters, including: responses of plants to elevated CO2; the process and regulation of cambial growth; photoinhibition and photoprotection of photosynthesis; nitrogen metabolism and internal recycling, and more. Revised chapters focus on emerging discoveries of the patterns and processes of woody plant physiology. * The only book to provide recommendations for the use of specific management practices and experimental procedures and equipment*Updated coverage of nearly all topics of interest to woody plant physiologists* Extensive revisions of chapters relating to key processes in growth, photosynthesis, and water relations* More than 500 new references * Examples of molecular-level evidence incorporated in discussion of the role of expansion proteins in plant growth; mechanism of ATP production by coupling factor in photosynthesis; the role of cellulose synthase in cell wall construction; structure-function relationships for aquaporin proteins

Download or read book Soil Ecology and Management written by Joann K. Whalen and published by CABI. This book was released on 2010 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the organisms inhabiting the soil, their functions and interactions and the dimensions of human impact on the activity of soil organisms and soil ecological function; and discusses basic soil characteristics and biogeochemical cycling, key soil flora and fauna, community-level dynamics (soil food webs) and the ecological and pedological functions of soil organisms. Also conveys an understanding of how human activities impact upon soil ecology in a section on ecosystem management and its effects on soil biota.

Download or read book Soil Fauna Assemblages written by Uffe N. Nielsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A holistic overview of soil fauna, their contributions to ecosystem function, and implications of global change belowground.

Download or read book Some Effects of Soil Temperature on the Growth and Chemical Composition of Plants written by Adriaan Andries Theron and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Soil Biology and Land Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Soil Microbiology Ecology and Biochemistry written by Eldor Paul and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry updates this widely used reference as the study and understanding of soil biota, their function, and the dynamics of soil organic matter has been revolutionized by molecular and instrumental techniques, and information technology. Knowledge of soil microbiology, ecology and biochemistry is central to our understanding of organisms and their processes and interactions with their environment. In a time of great global change and increased emphasis on biodiversity and food security, soil microbiology and ecology has become an increasingly important topic. Revised by a group of world-renowned authors in many institutions and disciplines, this work relates the breakthroughs in knowledge in this important field to its history as well as future applications. The new edition provides readable, practical, impactful information for its many applied and fundamental disciplines. Professionals turn to this text as a reference for fundamental knowledge in their field or to inform management practices. New section on "Methods in Studying Soil Organic Matter Formation and Nutrient Dynamics" to balance the two successful chapters on microbial and physiological methodology Includes expanded information on soil interactions with organisms involved in human and plant disease Improved readability and integration for an ever-widening audience in his field Integrated concepts related to soil biota, diversity, and function allow readers in multiple disciplines to understand the complex soil biota and their function

Download or read book Nutrient Acquisition by Plants written by Hormoz BassiriRad and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-05-20 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an integrated review of the mechanisms controlling plant nutrient uptake and how plants respond to changes in the environment. Among key topics covered are: soil nutrient bioavailability; root responses to variations in nutrient supply; nitrogen fixation; root architecture; life span; mycorrhizae; responses to climate change. The book helps us understand the mechanisms that govern present-day plant communities and to predict the response of plants to a changing climate.

Download or read book Some Effects of Soil Temperature on Plant Growth written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effect of Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature Upon the Availability of Plant Food written by James Oscar Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Soil temperature Regimes Their Characteristics and Predictability written by Guy Donald Smith and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Climate Near the Ground written by Rudolf Geiger and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated edition of Rudolf Geiger's classic text provides a clear and vivid description of the surface microclimate, its physical basis, and its interactions with the biosphere. The book explains the principles of microclimatology and illustrates how they apply to a wide array of subfields. Those new to the field will find it especially valuable as a guide to understanding and quantifying the vast and ever-increasing literature on the subject. Designed as an introductory text for students in environmental science, this book will also be an essential reference for scientists seeking a clear understanding of the nature and physical basis of the climate near the ground, and its interactions with the biosphere.

Download or read book The Effect of Soil Temperature and Soil Moisture on the Activity of Triallate written by Elaine Frances Hamblin and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Water Scarcity and Sustainable Agriculture in Semiarid Environment written by Ivan Francisco Garcia Tejero and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-01-03 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Scarcity and Sustainable Agriculture in Semiarid Environment: Tools, Strategies and Challenges for Woody Crops explores the complex relationship between water scarcity and climate change, agricultural water-use efficiency, crop-water stress management and modeling water scarcity in woody crops. Understanding these cause- and effect relationships and identifying the most appropriate responses are critical for sustainable crop production. The book focuses on Mediterranean environments to explain how to determine the most appropriate strategy and implement an effective plan; however, core concepts are translational to other regions. Informative for those working in agricultural water management, irrigation and drainage, crop physiology and sustainable agriculture. Focuses on semi-arid crops including olive, vine, citrus, almonds, peach, nectarine, plum, subtropical fruits and others Explores crop physiological responses to drought at plant, cellular and/or molecular levels Presents tool options for assessing crop-water status and irrigation scheduling