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  • Formaat: Hardback, 382 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 229x152x22 mm, kaal: 682 g, Color tables, photos and figures
  • Sari: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science 92
  • Ilmumisaeg: 22-Jun-2021
  • Kirjastus: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
  • ISBN-10: 1786764261
  • ISBN-13: 9781786764263
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 382 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 229x152x22 mm, kaal: 682 g, Color tables, photos and figures
  • Sari: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science 92
  • Ilmumisaeg: 22-Jun-2021
  • Kirjastus: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
  • ISBN-10: 1786764261
  • ISBN-13: 9781786764263
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This volume begins with a review of advances in measuring soil biological activity. Parts 2 and 3 survey developments in measuring soil physical and chemical properties. The collection concludes by reviewing soil health indicators and decision support systems for improving soil management.

The renewed interest in understanding and improving soil health has placed greater emphasis on the ways soil health can be measured. There has been a wealth of research on developing better analytical techniques, in-situ and remote sensing technologies to achieve these goals. This collection reviews these developments and their implications for better monitoring and management of farm soils.

This volume begins with a review of advances in measuring soil biological activity. Chapters cover developments in molecular techniques such as next-generation sequencing as well as improvements in measuring fauna such as earthworms, microbial and fungal communities Part 2 surveys developments in measuring soil physical properties. The book discusses advances in visual, imaging and geophysical techniques as well as ways of assessing key properties such as erodibiity. Part 3 summarises advances in measuring soil chemical properties using spectral and other techniques. The collection concludes by reviewing soil health indicators and decision support systems for improving soil management.

Series list x
Acknowledgements xvii
Introduction xviii
Part 1 Measuring soil biological activity
1 Assessing soil health by measuring fauna
3(22)
Felicity Crotty
1 Introduction
3(4)
2 The impact of mesofauna on the soil habitat
7(2)
3 Mesofauna in agriculture
9(2)
4 Mesofauna in grasslands
11(1)
5 Mesofauna in woodlands
12(2)
6 Mesofauna as bioindicators
14(2)
7 Conclusion
16(1)
8 Where to look for further information
16(1)
9 References
17(8)
2 Quantifying earthworm community structures as indicators of soil health
25(16)
Jacqueline L. Stroud
1 Introduction
25(1)
2 Earthworms, soil health and management
26(1)
3 Challenges in collecting data on earthworms
27(1)
4 Developing improved assessment of earthworms
28(3)
5 Results and discussion
31(5)
6 Conclusion
36(1)
7 Where to look for further information
36(1)
8 References
36(5)
3 Characterisation of fungal communities and functions in agricultural soils
41(30)
Andy F.S. Taylor
Thomas Freitag
Lucinda J. Robinson
Duncan White
1 Introduction
41(1)
2 Challenges in characterising fungal communities
42(2)
3 Molecular characterisation of fungal communities
44(4)
4 Proxies for fungal abundance
48(2)
5 Case study: investigating soil fungal communities
50(7)
6 Conclusion
57(1)
7 Future trends in research
58(3)
8 Where to look for further information
61(1)
9 References
61(10)
Part 2 Measuring soil physical and chemical properties
4 Advances in visual soil evaluation techniques
71(40)
Mansonia Pulido-Moncada
Bruce C. Ball
Wim M. Cornelis
1 Introduction
71(2)
2 Assessing soil structural quality by visual soil evaluation techniques
73(2)
3 Methods based on topsoil examination (spade methods)
75(10)
4 Methods based on soil profile examination
85(7)
5 Dissemination of visual soil evaluation techniques and their future trends in research
92(2)
6 Case study I: VESS and sustainable agricultural assessment and management
94(2)
7 Case study II: visual techniques to assess soil structure application and contribution to agriculture in Africa
96(4)
8 Summary
100(1)
9 Where to look for further information
101(1)
10 References
102(9)
5 Imaging soil structure to measure soil functions and soil health with X-ray computed micro-tomography
111(28)
Alexandra Kravchenko
Andrey Guber
1 Introduction
111(2)
2 X-ray computed micro-tomography scanning
113(2)
3 Soil health-related structure characteristics that can be obtained via X-ray computed micro-tomography
115(3)
4 Image analysis software
118(1)
5 Image processing
118(2)
6 Thresholding
120(1)
7 Potential indicators of soil health that can be derived from X-ray computed micro-tomography
121(8)
8 Where to look for further information
129(1)
9 References
130(9)
6 Geophysical methods to assess soil characteristics
139(36)
Ho-Chul Shin
Rothamsted Research
Ian Shield
Peter Fruen
Timothy Barraclough
Christopher W. Watts
Andrew Binley
William R. Whalley
1 Introduction
139(3)
2 Geophysical properties of soil
142(2)
3 Electromagnetic induction
144(8)
4 Electrical resistivity
152(7)
5 Acoustic-to-seismic coupling
159(7)
6 Conclusion
166(1)
7 Where to look for further information
167(1)
8 Acknowledgements
168(1)
9 References
168(7)
7 Advances in techniques to assess soil erodibility
175(40)
R.J. Rickson
E. Dowdeswell Downey
G. Alegbeleye
S.E. Cooper
1 Introduction
175(1)
2 Factors affecting soil erodibility
175(6)
3 Assessment of soil erodibility
181(14)
4 Future trends in research
195(8)
5 Conclusion
203(1)
6 Where to look for further information
204(1)
7 References
204(11)
8 Advances in measuring mechanical properties of soil in relation to soil health
215(26)
Muhammad Naveed
1 Introduction
215(3)
2 Soil rheology
218(4)
3 Cone penetration resistance
222(3)
4 Uniaxial confined compression test
225(6)
5 Miniature indentation test
231(2)
6 Indirect tensile strength test
233(2)
7 Conclusion
235(1)
8 Future research
236(1)
9 References
236(5)
9 Advances in near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to assess soil health
241(22)
Francisco J. Calderon
Andrew J. Margenot
Scarlett Bailey
1 Introduction
241(1)
2 Infrared spectroscopy for the analysis of soils and soil health
242(2)
3 Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy for the analysis of soil properties
244(3)
4 Using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy in practice: methodology
247(1)
5 Using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy in practice: results and discussion
248(9)
6 Conclusion and future trends
257(1)
7 Where to look for further information
258(1)
8 References
258(5)
10 Spectral mapping of soil organic carbon
263(26)
Bas van Wesemael
1 Introduction
263(3)
2 Pilot studies of spectral SOC mapping
266(4)
3 Challenges for SOC mapping over large extents
270(5)
4 Synthetic bare soil images
275(2)
5 Case study
277(1)
6 Summary and future trends
278(1)
7 Where to look for further information
279(1)
8 References
280(9)
Part 3 From measurement to management
11 Developing soil health indicators for improved soil management on farm
289(40)
Elizabeth Stockdale
Paul Hargreaves
Anne Bhogal
1 Introduction
289(3)
2 Frameworks from policy and practice where soils are considered
292(4)
3 Approaches to monitoring soil quality/health in agricultural systems
296(9)
4 Case study: developing a practical and relevant soil health toolkit for UK agricultural soils
305(15)
5 Conclusion and future trends
320(3)
6 Where to look for further information
323(1)
7 Acknowledgement
324(1)
8 References
324(5)
12 Developing decision support systems (DSS) for farm soil and crop management
329
Matt Aitkenhead
1 Introduction
329(2)
2 Spatial data and sensor requirements for DSS
331(3)
3 Models and software for DSS
334(2)
4 DSS user interface design, actuators and systems
336(3)
5 Decision support or decision-making?
339(1)
6 What reasons are there for low uptake of DSS?
340(3)
7 What will DSSs of the future look like?
343(2)
8 Summary
345(1)
9 Where to look for further information
346(1)
10 References
347
Index 35
Dr Wilfred Otten is Professor of Soil Biophysics at Cranfield University, UK. He was the President of the British Soil Science Society (2017-2018), and is a Fellow of the Institute of Soil Science. Professor Otten is internationally-renowned for his research on measuring and modelling physical, chemical and microbial processes in soil. Dr. Mohammed Naveed is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Engineering at the University of West London, UK. He is a soil scientist working on solutions to food and environmental security, mainly focused on the interactions between plants, microorganisms and the physical behaviour of soil. He has (co)authored over 40 peer-reviewed journal papers and conference papers.