Description
Organic Soils and Peat Materials for Sustainable Agriculture
Coordinators: Parent Leon Etienne, Ilnicki Piotr
Language: EnglishSubjects for Organic Soils and Peat Materials for Sustainable Agriculture:
Keywords
Water Drop Penetration Time; Compositional Nutrient Diagnosis; socioeconomic limitations; Denitrification Enzyme Activity; soil morphology; Moisture Content; peat decomposition; Southwestern Quebec; organic soil classification system; Organic Soils; agricultural reclamation; Soil Classification Working Group; Peat Materials; Field Moist Conditions; Suspension pH Values; Sapric Peat; Mire Ecosystems; Sphagnum Peat; Fibric Peat; Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity; Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity; Soil Quality; Oven Dry Samples; Hydraulic Conductivity; Fen Peat; Peat Substrates; Cationic Base Saturation; Carex Lasiocarpa; Organic Soil Farms; Pesticide Retention
Publication date: 12-2019
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 07-2002
344 p. · 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
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While organic soils have the potential to contribute greatly to agricultural production, the irreversible processes that occur from draining organic soils need to be managed with caution. The wise use of peatlands must include the avoidance of unacceptable ecological effects on the contiguous and global environment. Organic Soils and Peat Materials for Sustainable Agriculture provides detailed information from a worldwide perspective on the degradation process of fragile peat resources used for agriculture. It documents the best management practices and defines and quantifies soil quality indicators and pedo-transfer functions for organic soils and peat materials.
Co-published with the International Peat Society, this reference is the first to integrate the physical, chemical, and biological aspects of organic soils and peat materials for sustainable agriculture and horticulture. It details the principles and indicators behind positive action in sustainable management. The book presents a complete analysis of how peat works chemically, physically, and ecologically. It quantifies the moorsh-forming, or peat degradation, process in tables and figures, provides conversion equations among pH determination methods, and supplies a novel diagnosis of N and P release. In addition, the book revisits water, pesticides, phosphorus, and copper sorption characteristics of organic soils.
The authors provide up-to-date information in order to define quality indicators for the optimum use of organic soils. With detailed information and a global perspective, Organic Soils and Peat Materials for Sustainable Agriculture aims to promote a shift from the current paradigm of input-based unsustainable use to a new knowledge-based approach.