Simple Methods to Study Pedology and Edaphology of Indian Tropical Soils (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319895987)

This book discusses how research efforts have established an organic link between pedology and edaphology of five pedogenetically important soil orders as Alfisols, Mollisols, Ultisols, Vertisols and Inceptisols of tropical Indian environments.

The book highlights how this new knowledge was gained when research efforts were complemented by high resolution mineralogical, micro morphological and age-control tools. This advancement in basic and fundamental knowledge on Indian tropical soils makes it possible to develop several index soil properties as simple methods to study their pedology and edaphology.

More than one-third of the world's soils are tropical soils. Thus the recent advances in developing simple and ingenuous methods to study pedology and edaphology of Indian tropical soils may also be adopted by both graduate students and young soil researchers to aid in the development of a national soil information system to enhance crop productivity and maintain soil health in the 21^st century.

Author: D. K. Pal
ISBN-10: 3319895982
ISBN-13: 9783319895987
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2018
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d