Agricultural Soil Sustainability and Carbon Management

Addresses carbon and soil management strategies of tropical and sub-tropical countries

Sunita Kumari Meena (Edited by), Ademir de Oliveira Ferreira (Edited by), Vijay Singh Meena (Edited by), Amitava Rakshit (Edited by), Rajendra P. Shrestha (Edited by), Ch. Srinivasa Rao (Edited by), Kadambot H.M. Siddique (Edited by)

9780323959117, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 20 April 2023

390 pages
23.5 x 19 x 2.5 cm, 0.45 kg

Agricultural Soil Sustainability and Carbon Management presents long-term research in the field of sustainable soil use and management to guide in the prioritizing the multifunctional value of soil health and addressing interdisciplinary links between major issues such as biodiversity and climate change. As soil is the largest terrestrial carbon pool and a significant contributor of greenhouse gases, much progress can be made toward curtailing the climate crisis by sustainable soil management practices. The book provides valuable insight into the soil and carbon management, research gaps, and the methodological challenges for research into soil carbon management that will be important over the decades.

1. Global carbon cycle and methods estimating soil carbon: General concepts 2. Crop management practices and carbon sequestration 3. Soil management carbon sustainability 4. Long term effects of intensive biomass harvesting and compaction of soil ecosystem 5. Driving factors of soil organic carbon fractions 6. Conservation agriculture and soil health 7. Comparative assessment of soil health indicators in response to land use systems 8. Soil management of salt affected soils 9. Soil carbon dynamics in different cropping systems 10. Impact of land use management on carbon sequestration 11. Importance of modeling in long-term experiments 12. Agroforestry for carbon sequestration 13. Cropping system intensification and carbon management 14. Soil sustainability of cereal-pulses-cereal cropping system 15. Importance of microorganisms in regulating soil health 16. Climate Adaptation and Conservation Agriculture 17. Climate change and soil microbes 18. Long-term field experiments and soil health 19. Organic Application to Degraded soil system 20. Socio-economic aspects in soil management

Subject Areas: Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Agriculture & farming [TV], The environment [RN], Soil science, sedimentology [RBGB]