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Soil conditions and plant growth / E. Walter Russell

By: Publication details: London : Longman, c1973Edition: 10th editionDescription: xviii, 849 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0582440483
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 631.4 20 RUS
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Book Open Access Book Open Access Agriculture and Animal Sciences Library 631.4 RUS 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0029207

Contents

Historical and introductory

The food of plants

The individual nutrients needed by plants

Quantitative studies on plant growth

The composition of the soil

The constitution of clay minerals

The cation and anion holding powers of soils

The interaction of clay with water and organic compounds

The physiology of the microbial population

The organisms composing the population

The soil fauna other than protozoa

The general ecology of the soil population

The association between plants and micro-organism

The decomposition of plant material

The composition of the soil organic matter

The nitrogen cycle in the soil

The temperature of the soil

The soil atmosphere

The water in soils

Water and crop growth

Soil structure and soil tilth

The development and functioning of plant roots in soil

The sources of plant nutrients in the soil

The chemistry of waterlogged soils

The formation and classification of soils

The management of irrigated saline and alkali soils

The general principles of soil management

Includes bibliographical references and index

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