realizing potential crop production with minimum environmental impact /
First Statement of Responsibility
editors, Bruce C. Ball (ISRUC, Edinburgh, UK) and Lars J. Munkholm (Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark)
PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE
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1511
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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pages cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Describing soils structures, rooting and biological activity and recognizing tillage effects, damage and recovery in clayey and sandy soils -- Assessing structural quality for crop performance and for agronomy (VESS, VSA, SOILpak, Profil Cultural, SubVESS) -- Reduction of yield gaps and improvement of ecological function through local-to-global applications of visual soil assessment -- Visual evaluation of grassland and arable management impacts on soil quality -- Choosing and evaluation soil improvements by subsoiling and compaction control -- Valuing the neglected : Lessons and methods from an organic, anthropic soil system in the outer hebrides -- Evaluating land quality for carbon storage, greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient leaching -- Soil structure under adverse weather/climate conditions -- The expanding discipline and role of visual soil evaluation
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Visual Soil Evaluation provides land users and environmental authorities with simple methods to assess soil quality for crop performance. An important tool for ensuring food security, this book also shows how visual soil evaluation can reveal the potential of different land types for carbon storage, greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient leaching.--COVER