Screen LibrarySoil science & management /
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| Main Authors: | |
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| Published: |
Delmar, Cengage Learning,
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| Publisher Address: | Clifton Park, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Sixth edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 520 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781337904599 1337904597 9780840024329 0840024320 9780840024381 084002438X |
| Index Number: | S591 |
| CLC: |
S15-36 S15 |
| Call Number: | S15/P715/6th ed. |
| Contents: | The importance of soil -- Soil origin and development -- Soil classification and survey -- Physical properties of soil -- Life in the soil -- Organic matter -- Soil water -- Water conservation -- Drainage and irrigation -- Soil fertility -- Soil pH and salinity -- Plant nutrition -- Soil sampling and testing -- Fertilizers -- Organic amendments -- Tillage and cropping systems -- Horticultural uses of soil -- Soil conservation -- Urban soil -- Government agencies and programs -- Appendixes. Some basic science -- Soil orders of the United States -- Soil horizon symbol suffixes -- Land evaluation -- Preferred soil characteristics for selected trees -- Glossary. |