Soil Management and Organic Farming

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Soil Management. 3. Soil formation. 4. Soil and its physical properties. 5. Soil taxonomy and survey. 6. Soil colloids and clay minerals. 7. Saline, alkali and acid soils. 8. Soil organic matter. 9. Soil and water conservation. 10. Soil fertility and productivity. 11. Nutrient management. 12. Sources of plant nutrients. 13. Fertilizers. 14. Green revolution. 15. Organic farming. 16. Farming systems. 17. Different components of farming systems. 18. Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) under varying situation. 19. Integrated Farming Systems (IFS) models under agroecosystem. 20. Organic farming in India and abroad. 21. Sustainable agriculture. 22. References.

"This book entitled, "Soil Management and Organic Farming" is written to serve a text book of Agronomy-cum-reference/guide book for the students of agriculture, veterinary, soil conservation and field practitioners. The book fills the need for an up-to-date comprehensive text on soil fertility management and organic farming under varying situations and covers comprehensively the content of the courses of soil management and farming systems in Agronomy offered for the students at under graduate and post graduate levels of agricultural universities in the country. This book will be of immense use in imparting knowledge on the basic principles of Soil Fertility Management on crop production and applied aspects of Integrated Farming Systems for students, teachers, scientists, extension workers and professionals engaged in agricultural development. Each chapter is brief, comprehensive full fledged with respect to technical information." (jacket)