1st Edition

Booker Tropical Soil Manual A Handbook for Soil Survey and Agricultural Land Evaluation in the Tropics and Subtropics

By J.R. Landon Copyright 1991
    530 Pages
    by Routledge

    532 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1991. This is a more portable version of the Booker Tropical Soil Manual, in which the format (and weight) of the first edition have been reduced whilst retaining as much as possible of the original clarity. It also includes new content and appendices that cover the revised FAO publications on soil classification and on water quality for agriculture.

    1 INTRODUCTION 2 TYPES OF LAND RESOURCE FIELD STUDIES 3 SURVEY ORGANISATION AND PRACTICE 4 CLASSIFICATION AND MAPPING OF SOILS 5 LAND EVALUATION 6 SOIL PHYSICS 7 SOIL CHEMISTRY 8 SOIL AND WATER SALINITY AND SODICITY 9 SOIL AND LAND SUITABILITY REPORTS AND MAPS

    Biography

    J.R. Landon