Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture: New Research and Strategies - Paperback

by Nintu Mandal (Editor), Abir Dey (Editor), Rajiv Rakshit (Editor)

Taking a sustainable approach, this volume explores the various soil management techniques. It begins with an overview of the elementary concepts of soil management and then delves into new research and novel soil management tools and techniques.

Topics include:
- Clays as a critical component in sustainable agriculture with respect to carbon sequestration in conjunction with its interaction with soil enzymes
- The potential utilization of microbes to mitigate crop stress
- Resource conservation technologies and prospective carbon management strategies
- The use of smart tools for monitoring soils
- Effective nutrient management approaches
- Nanotechnological interventions for soil management
- Techniques for the remediation of soils contaminated by metals and pesticides

Author Biography

Nintu Mandal, PhD, is Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Bihar Agricultural University, India. He has published 20 research/review papers in national and international journals and has authored one book, Agricultural Nanotechnology: Basics and Practicals. He has also co-authored several book chapters. He holds a patent for "A Superabsorbent Polymer (NSP) and Process for Preparing the Same." His current research areas are nanoformulations for increasing input use efficiency, soil chemistry, and clay mineralogy.

Abir Dey, PhD, is Agricultural Research Scientist in the Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India. He has published 19 research/review papers in national and international journals. He has also co-authored one book and several book chapters. His current research areas are conservation agriculture, soil carbon dynamics, quality of soil organic matter, soil fertility, and plant nutrition.

Rajiv Rakshit, PhD, is Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Bihar Agricultural University, India. He has published 25 research/review papers in national and international journals and has co-authored five book chapters. He has also reviewed many research papers for internationally reputed journals. His research interests are focused on soil quality, soil microbial interactions, soil carbon, and nutrient dynamics. His aim is to improve the understanding of how fertilization affects nutrient cycling and microbial interactions in soils.