Tropical Soils: Properties and Management for Sustainable Agriculture

by Anthony S. R. Juo, Kathrin Franzluebbers

Overview

Agricultural ecology, or agroecology, deals in general with the structure and function of agroecosystems at different levels of resolution. In this text/reference, the authors describe in terms of agroecology the tropical environments of sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin and Central America, focusing on production and management systems unique to each region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195115987
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/18/2003
Series:	Topics in Sustainable Agronomy
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Texas A&M University

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Mineralogy3. Soil Chemistry4. Soil Physics5. Soil Biology and Microbiology6. Soil Fertility7. Soil Formation and Classification8. Major Soils of the Tropics: A Descriptive Classification Based on Clay Mineralogy9. Soil Management: An Overview10. Properties and Management of Kaolinitic Soils11. Properties and Management of Oxidic Soils12. Properties and Management of Smectitic Soils13. Properties and Management of Allophanic Soils14. Soils and Sustainable Agriculture

Editorial Reviews

"Juo and Franzluebbers offer an overview of the properties and management for sustainable soils in a worldwide geographical region defined by the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. . .The text is easy to read and well illustrated with figures that contain source citations; and authors have woven through the pros and cons of impacts of intensive land use on soils in the tropics."—CHOICE, S. G. Shetron

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