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Soil Organic Matter: Key to Sustainable Soils - Hardcover

Rajan, A.Raja

 
9789395319287: Soil Organic Matter: Key to Sustainable Soils

Inhaltsangabe

This book presents a comprehensive examination of soil organic matter, encompassing its composition, distribution, pools, and reactive functional groups, as well as its decomposition, nutrient transformations, and biochemistry of humus formation. Additionally, the book delves into the role of soil organic matter in pedogenic processes, adsorption of organic compounds by clay, clay-organic matter complexes, humus-trace metals interactions, and humus-pesticides interactions. The book also discusses the environmental significance of humic substances and provides a characterization of soil organic matter. Furthermore, the book elucidates the potentials of nuclear techniques in the study of soil organic matter and offers various management practices for building organic matter in soils. The book is a valuable resource for researchers, scholars, and all stakeholders involved in sustainable agriculture and soil organic matter.

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A. Raja Rajan graduated from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, (TNAU) Coimbatore and holds a doctorate in Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry. He had his post-doctoral training on Soil Organic Matter at University of Florida, Gainesville, USA as an FAO Fellow. He has served in various positions in TNAU and was Dean at Agricultural College & Research Institute, Killikulam (TN), Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, TNAU, Coimbatore and Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Education and Research of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute at its Coimbatore Campus. He has vast teaching and research experience in Agriculture, spanning over 40 years.

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