The Soils of India

Buch | Hardcover

XXVIII, 281 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-31080-6 (ISBN)

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This book provides an overview of the diversified soil regimes in India. In addition to the historical advances in soil research and its limitations, it describes the monitoring of various soil conditions and soil uses to improve productivity. Discussing topics such as climate, geology and geomorphology, major soil types and their classification, soil mineralogy and clays, soil micromorphology, soil biogeochemistry, benchmark soils, land evaluation and land use planning, soil health and fertility and soil resilience, the book highlights the multiple uses of soils in industry, human health care, mitigation of challenges due to climate change and construction. It also presents measures for a brighter future of soil science in India, such as imposing organic farming principles toward sustainable agriculture in the context of the second green revolution besides alleviating the poverty and providing the employment opportunities among the farming communities in India.

Professor Bipin B Mishra graduated from Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur and PhD from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He was Chief Soil Survey Officer and Chairman of the Department of Soil Science at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour besides holding the position of the founder Registrar and Associate Dean-cum-Principal at BAU, Sabour. He has more than 80 peer reviewed scientific publication and has delivered numerous oral and poster presentation in national and international conferences. He served Ethiopia as Professor in soil survey and land evaluation for five years (2000-05) under World Bank Project and later for two years as Professor of Land use planning (2016-18) under UNDP. He developed Photopedogenesis as a new chapter in soil science and proposed the Indian system of soil classification. Professor Mishra was assigned as the Chair Person by late Jon Hempel in one of the Task Groups under the Working Group of the Universal Soil Classification. He is elected as the Vice Chair of Commission 1.4 (Soil Classification) under the International Union of Soil Sciences (2018-22). He has a distinguished academic record and superannuated in 2016.

Chapter 1:Introduction (Bipin B Mishra).- Chapter 2:History of Soil Research (A. Subba Rao).- Chapter 3:Climate (Kamaljit Ray).- Chapter 4:Geology and Geomorphology (K. S. Anil Kumar).- Chapter 5: Major Soil Types and Classification (K S Anil Kumar).- Chapter 6: Soil Mineralogy and Clay Minerals (S C Datta).- Chapter 7: Soil Micromorphology (Sayantani Neogi).- Chapter 8: Soil Biogeochemistry (Debjani Sihi).- Chapter 9: Benchmark soils in Agro-ecological regions (K. S. Anil Kumar).- Chapter 10: Land Evaluation and Land Use Planning (V Ramamurthy).

Erscheinungsdatum	22.01.2020
Reihe/Serie	World Soils Book Series
Zusatzinfo	XXVIII, 281 p. 117 illus., 101 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 279 mm
Gewicht	1128 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
Schlagworte	Indian agriculture • Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning • Land Use India • Pedogenic Environment in India • Soil Analysis India • Soil Classification in India • Soil Evaluation India • Soil Productivity
ISBN-10	3-030-31080-9 / 3030310809
ISBN-13	978-3-030-31080-6 / 9783030310806
Zustand	Neuware