A Treatise of Indian and Tropical Soils
This book discusses how to apply the basic principles of pedology to the tropical soils of the Indian subcontinent, with an emphasis on ways to enhance crop productivity.The book showcases the research contributions on pedology, geomorphology, mineralogy,
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A Treatise of Indian and Tropical Soils
A Treatise of Indian and Tropical Soils
D.K. Pal
A Treatise of Indian and Tropical Soils
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D.K. Pal ICAR-NBSS&LUP Nagpur, Maharashtra India
ISBN 978-3-319-49438-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-49439-5
ISBN 978-3-319-49439-5
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I dedicate this treatise to my parents and parents-in-law
Preface
The main purpose of this treatise lies in applying the basic principles of pedology to soils of the tropical environments of the Indian subcontinent, with emphasis on ways to enhance crop productivity. Although much valuable work has been done throughout the tropics, it has been always difficult to manage these soils to sustain their productivity and it is more so when comprehensive knowledge on their formation remained incomplete for a long time. During the last few decades, research endeavour undertaken by the Indian pedologists and earth scientists of well-known institutions, especially by those in the ICAR-NBSS&LUP (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning), Department of Earth Sciences of the erstwhile University of Roorkee (presently known as Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) and Department of Geology, University of Delhi, has been commendable in terms of establishing an organic link between pedology, geomorphology, palaeopedology, mineralogy and edaphology of Indian tropical soils. This treatise thus makes a sincere attempt to showcase the research contributions on pedology, geomorphology, mineralogy, micromorphology and climate change collected from the published literature on three major soil types, i.e. shrink–swell
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