Soil fertility / Henry D. Foth, Boyd G. Ellis.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1
Soil fertility and plants nutrition
Soil fertility defined
Historical development
Soil as a nutrient reservoir
Nutrients' uptake from soils
Importance of fertilizers
Chapter 2
Ion Ex

Citation exchange capacity defined
Source and amount of negatives change
Cation exchange capacity of soil
Ion distribution near cat ion exchange reaction
Exchangeable cation suite exchange cation
Anion Exchange
Chapter 3
Soil pH and its management
PH defined
Determination of soil
The soil PH continuum
Extreme weathering effects on pH and caption exchange
Soil fertility and soil classification
effects of soil pH o plant growth
Use of Lime
Acid rain inputs
soil acidification
Chapter 4
Soil and fertilizer nitrogen
Inventory of the earths nitrogen
The soil nitrogen cycle
Nitrogen uptake
basis of nitrogen fertilizer recommendations
nitrogen fertilizers
Nitrogen carrier comparisons
Chapter 5
Soil and fertilizer phosphorus
inventory of the Earths Phosphorus
Phosphorus cycling in soil development
Phosphorus uptake by plants
Basis of Phosphorus fertilizer recommendations
Phosphorus fertilizers
Use of Phosphorus fertilizers
Environmental concerns about soil containing large amount of Phosphorus
Chapter 6
Soil and fertilizer potassium
The potassium cycle
forms of soil potassium
Plant and soil potassium relationship
Factors uptake of potassium
Basis of potassium fertilizer recommendation
potassium fertilizers
Chapter 7
Sulfur and micronutrients in soil and fertilizers
sulfur
Micronutrients
Essential micronutrients trace elements that may be toxic
Soil testing for micronutrients
tissue testing for micronutrients
micronutrient deficiency symptoms
Chapter 8
Mixed fertilizers
Grade and ratio
Major fertilizer systems
Addition and incorporation of micronutrients
Salt index
Acidity and basicity
Fertilizer and pesticide combinations
Chapter 9
Soil fertility evaluation
plant deficiency symptoms
Soil tests
Plant analysis
Chapter 10
Application and use of fertilizers
Fertilizer application
Fertilizer recommendation philosophies
Fertilizer and plant-water relations
Effects of Fertilizer on soil reaction
Economics of Fertilizer use
Environmental concerns

Includes bibliographies and index(p.206-212)