1st Edition
Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture New Research and Strategies
Taking a sustainable approach, this volume explores the various soil management techniques. It begins with an overview of the elementary concepts of soil management and then delves into new research and novel soil management tools and techniques.
Topics include:
• Clays as a critical component in sustainable agriculture with respect to carbon sequestration in conjunction with its interaction with soil enzymes
• The potential utilization of microbes to mitigate crop stress
• Resource conservation technologies and prospective carbon management strategies
• The use of smart tools for monitoring soils
• Effective nutrient management approaches
• Nanotechnological interventions for soil management
• Techniques for the remediation of soils contaminated by metals and pesticides
PART 1: CLAY: THE CRITICAL COMPONENT IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE WITH RESPECT TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION VIS-A-VIS ITS INTERACTION WITH SOIL ENZYMES
1. Advances in Clay Research for Sustainable Agriculture
Debarup Das, Sonalika Sahoo, Ruma Das, and Samar Chandra Datta
2. Clay-Enzyme Interactions and Implications
Ranjan Paul and Sonalika Sahoo
3. Short-Range Order (SRO) Minerals and Implications in Sustainable Agriculture by Exerting Influence on Carbon Sequestration and Fixation of Phosphorus and Potassium
Dibyendu Chatterjee, S. C. Datta, K. M. Manjaiah, and Nintu Mandal
PART 2: POTENTIAL UTILIZATION OF MICROBES FOR STRESSED AGRICULTURE
4. Rhizospheric Microbes for Nutrient Fortification in Crop Plants
Shaloo Verma, Dikchha Singh, Malay Kr Das, Gyan Prakash Srivastava, Murugan Kumar, and Hillol Chakdar
5. Managing Abiotic Stressed Agriculture through Microbes
Chirsmita, Bhola Nath Saha, Shyamashree Roy, and Rajiv Rakshit
6. An Overview of Biochar Application on Biological Soil Health Indicators and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Ifeoluwa Adesina, Arnab Bhowmik, Harmandeep Sharma, and Abolghasem Shahbazi
PART 3: RESOURCE CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGIES AND PROSPECTIVE CARBON MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
7. Resource Conservation Technologies for Sustainable Soil Management
Abir Dey, Pravin K. Upadhyay, Mahesh C. Meena, and Brahma S. Dwivedi
8. Soil Organic Carbon, Its Retention, and Implication to Sustainable Agriculture
Anupam Das, Suborna Roy Choudhury, and Samrat Ghosh
9. Hydrothermal Sensitivity of Soil Organic Carbon Under Imminent Moisture and Temperature Stress
Avijit Ghosh, Abir Dey, Ranjan Bhattacharyya, M. C. Manna, and S. K. Chaudhary
PART 4: SMART TOOLS FOR MONITORING SOILS
10. Application of Remote Sensing Technology for Estimation of Soil Moisture
Koushik Banerjee and Bappa Das
11. Spectral and Smartphone-Based Tools to Monitor Plant and Soil Nitrogen Status for Site-Specific Nitrogen Management in Crop Plants
Gopal Ramdas Mahajan, Bappa Das, Bhaskar Gaikwad, Dayesh Murgaokar, Kiran Patel, and Rahul M Kulkarni
12. Innovative Extension Approaches for Diffusion of Nutrient Management Technologies
Sujit Sarkar, G. S. Mahra, V. Lenin, R. N. Padaria, and R. R. Burman
PART 5: NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
13. The Panorama of Phosphorus Fertilization in Crop Production
Trisha Roy, I. Rashmi, Abhijit Sarkar, and Justin George K.
14. Novel Potassium Management Strategies for Improvement of Soil Health
Rajeev Padbhushan, Amarjeet Kumar, Upendra Kumar, Arun Kumar, Ragini Kumari, and Anshuman Kohli
15. Micronutrient Management in Soils and the Route to Biofortification
Amit Kumar Pradhan, Kasturikasen Beura, and Mahendra Singh
PART 6: NANOTECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS
16. Escalating Nutrient Use Efficiency through Nanotechnological Intercessions
Akhila Nand Dubey, Samrat Adhikary, Satdev, Nintu Mandal, and Nilanjan Chattopadhyay
17. Hydrogel Formulations for Increasing Input Use Efficiency in Agriculture
Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar and Anupama Singh
18. Nanotechnological Interventions for Increasing Nutrient Use Efficiency in Horticultural Crops
Nintu Mandal, Satdev, Chandini, Manoj Kundu, and Hidaytulla Mir
19. Advances in Micronutrient Fertilizer Production and Its Efficacy in Plant Nutrition
Mandira Barman, Rahul Mishra, and Vivek Trivedi
PART 7: REMEDIATION OF METALS AND PESTICIDES CONTAMINATED SOILS
20. Heavy Metal Pollution in Soil and the Remediation Strategies
Jajati Mandal, Debasis Golui, Prasenjit Ray, and Pradip Bhattacharyya
21. Advancement in Pesticide Chemistry for Sustainable Agriculture
Pritam Ganguly and Prithusayak Mondal
22. Resource Recovery from Biowaste for Agriculture through Composting and Microbial Technology
P. C. Moharana, Avijit Ghosh, M. D. Meena, Nintu Mandal, and D. R. Biswas
Biography
Nintu Mandal, PhD, is Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Bihar Agricultural University, India. He has published 20 research/review papers in national and international journals and has authored one book, Agricultural Nanotechnology: Basics and Practicals. He has also co-authored several book chapters. He holds a patent for “A Superabsorbent Polymer (NSP) and Process for Preparing the Same.” His current research areas are nanoformulations for increasing input use efficiency, soil chemistry, and clay mineralogy.
Abir Dey, PhD, is Agricultural Research Scientist in the Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India. He has published 19 research/review papers in national and international journals. He has also co-authored one book and several book chapters. His current research areas are conservation agriculture, soil carbon dynamics, quality of soil organic matter, soil fertility, and plant nutrition.
Rajiv Rakshit, PhD, is Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Bihar Agricultural University, India. He has published 25 research/review papers in national and international journals and has co-authored five book chapters. He has also reviewed many research papers for internationally reputed journals. His research interests are focused on soil quality, soil microbial interactions, soil carbon, and nutrient dynamics. His aim is to improve the understanding of how fertilization affects nutrient cycling and microbial interactions in soils.
