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1980-01-01 This book deals with the problems of derelict land on a global scale, and shows how the problems can be solved most effectively by a proper scientific understanding of the ecological factors which affect plant growth. Throughout the text, the viewpoint is one of a practical nature and the book...
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1983-03-01 25 pages, illustrated
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1965-01-01 In this account, an attempt is made to reveal those 'treasures of wisdom and experience' which, as soil scientists, we felt most at ease in seeking; and which have not received systematic treatment elsewhere. We have not attempted to deal exhaustively with the mass of descriptive literature from...
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1997-01-01 This publication is a brief introduction to soil solarization, a nonpesticidal method of controlling soilborne pests by placing plastic sheets on moist soil during periods of high ambient temperature. 12 pages, illustrated, photos.
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2013-01-01 As governments and institutions work to ameliorate the effects of anthropogenic CO2 emissions on global climate, there is an increasing need to understand how land-use and land-cover change is coupled to the carbon cycle, and how land management can be used to mitigate their effects. This book...
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As the crucible of life, the source and final resting place of everything that grows, soil inspires reverence not only in the peasant who derives his daily bread from it, but also in the scientist who contemplates its meaning as the place where life and death meet and exchange vital energies.Out...
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Degradation of soils continues at a pace that will eventually create a local, regional, or even global crisis when diminished soil resources collide with increasing climate variation. It's not too late to restore our soils to a more productive state by rediscovering the value of soil management,...
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The purpose of this symposium was to bring to the attention of the world's soil scientists the impact slash-and-burn agriculture has on the global environment and rural inhabitants and to determine, through the analysis of available information presented by the authors, the contribution soil...
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2007-01-17 John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint Phocas, Darwin, and Virgil parade through this thought-provoking work, taking their place next to the dung beetle, the compost heap, dowsing, historical farming, and the microscopic biota that till the soil. Whether William Bryant Logan is traversing the far...
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2005-01-01 Notebook, various page numbers, illustrated, photos FAO Soil Bulletins