Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics

Long-awaited second edition of classic textbook, brought completely up to date, for courses on tropical soils, and reference for scientists and professionals.

Pedro A. Sanchez (Author)

9781107176058, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 January 2019

690 pages, 85 b/w illus. 12 maps 226 tables
26.1 x 21.2 x 3.2 cm, 1.78 kg

The long-awaited second edition of this classic textbook expands on the first edition to include advances made in the last four decades, bringing the topic completely up to date. The book addresses critical issues such as whether humanity can feed itself, and whether it can do so in environmentally sound and sustainable ways. Written from agronomic, environmental, and ecological standpoints, the textbook employs a multidisciplinary approach, including policymaking and plant genetic improvements, as well as ecosystem services, climate change, biodiversity, sustainability and resilience. New chapters in this second edition focus on organic carbon in soil, soil biology, soils in relation to livestock production and forestry, and agroforestry. The new edition will again be the go-to textbook for courses on tropical soils, and a reference textbook for soil and agricultural scientists and development professionals working in the tropics.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement
Part I. The Tropical Environment: 1. The natural environment of the tropics
2. The human environment of the tropics
Part II. Pedology, Physics, Chemistry and Biology: 3. History of soil science in the tropics
4. Soils of the tropics
5. Functional capacity classification
6. Soil physical properties
7. Water
8. Mineralogy
9. Soil acidity
10. Soil biology
11. Organic carbon
Part III. Soil Fertility: 12. Soil fertility principles
13. Nitrogen
14. Phosphorus
15. Sulfur
Part IV. Management Systems: 16. Soils and slash and burn agriculture
17. Soil management in rice cultivation
18. Soils and livestock-based tropical systems
19. Soils and tropical tree-based systems
Index.

Subject Areas: Tropical agriculture: practice & techniques [TVQ], Sustainable agriculture [TVF], Agricultural science [TVB], Environmental management [RNF], Soil science, sedimentology [RBGB], Agriculture & related industries [KNAC]