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Assessing self-bioremediation potential (soil resilience) of degraded Mediterranean soils through enzymes and organic matter evolution. For further information Click here Characterization of the Stages of Soil Resilience to Degradative Stresses: Erosion MM Tenywa*, R. Lal et al., For further information Click here ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOIL SCIENCE. 2002. Edited by Rattan Lal. 1450 pages, illustrated. Covering all branches of soil science, from mineralogy and physics to soil management and restoration, this extensive reference outlines the agricultural, environmental, industrial and cultural components and processes that affect soil productivity-providing the latest methods in conservation tillage and mulch farming, irrigation, soil classification, fertilization, and erosion control to reduce environmental pollution and restore and revitalize highly disturbed soil. This comprehensive source contains entries generously illustrated with useful graphs, charts, tables and photographs, numerous references to facilitate further study, detailed contributions from more than 400 esteemed international authorities and state-of-the-art research on the structure, function and dynamics of soil. ISBN:0-8247-0518-1 (online), 0-8247-0634-X (print). Price: $250.00 (print), $295.00 (online), $335.00 (combination Print/Online).To order: Order, toll-free 1-800-228-1160, Fax 1-845-796-1772, For Orders Click Here, or mail to (for U.S., Canada and S. America) Marcel Dekker Inc., Cimarron Road, P.O. Box 5005, Monticello, NY 12701-5185. or (Europe, Africa, Middle East, Far East, Australia, India/China) Marcel Dekker AG, Hutgasse 4, Postfach 812, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland, Fax: +41-61-260 6333, International Order, Click here. Environmental and climate change is affecting forests and land use in numerous ways, including increasing the risk of geomorphic hazards. Such hazards include surface erosion, desertification and related land degradation. Yet it is often difficult to distinguish between the influences of climate change from those of changing forest land use, on geomorphic hazards. This volume reviews current knowledge on these issues. For further information: Click here ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND GEOMORPHIC HAZARDS IN FORESTS, IUFRO RESEARCH SERIES NO 9. R C Sidle, National University of Singapore. October 2002, 256 Pages, Hardback ISBN: 0851995985, Price: £49.95 (US$90.00) EVOLUTION OF TROPICAL SOIL SCIENCE: PAST AND FUTURE. Georges STOOPS (Guest Editor). Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, Brussels. 2003. 149 pp, ISBN 90-75652-29-1. This book contains the proceedings of a symposium organised by the “Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences” of Belgium on 6 March 2002 in Brussels. The aim of the symposium was to record part of the history of tropical soil science (mainly in Africa) from Belgian, French and Portuguese pioneers (the “Past”), and the way this discipline evolves now (“Future”). Order: Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences, Defacqzstraat 1/3, B-1000 Brussel, Belgium, Fax. (32) 02 539 23 53. Price: 16.50 Euro (postage charges not included). Guidelines for Analysis and Description of Soil and Regolith Thin sections by Georges Stoops. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, 2003. Hardbound, 184 pp + CD. ISBN 0-89118-842-8. Price: 50 US $ (40 US $ members of SSSA). Order and information: Click here This manual is largely based on the “Handbook for Soil Thin Section Descriptions” by Bullock et al., published in 1985 and out of print since about ten years. The new book has to be considered as an extended and updated edition of this formed Handbook. There are some differences with the “Handbook”. Keys are given for the identification of voids, microstructures, b-fabrics, c/f related distributions, pedofeatures, etc. Therefore some definitions were been modified. The c/f related distributions have been extended, and subdivisions are added to crystals and crystal intergrowths. Wherever possible, parallels and differences with other systems (e.g. Kubiëna, Brewer and the Russian terminology) are explained. In Chapter 3 the problems of interpretation of two dimensional images of thin sections in a three dimensional context are treated, and the use of special observation techniques, such as oblique incident light, fluorescence microscopy, cathodoluminescence microscopy, selective extraction of components from thin sections and staining techniques are explained. In Chapter 9 examples of description schemes are given and artefacts resulting from thin section preparation shortly discussed and illustrated. All concepts are illustrated by line drawings in the text, and 350 colour slides on a CD-ROM. INTERNATIONAL SOIL FERTILITY MANUAL – A guide to understanding the basic needs of crop production. This manual describes the concepts of soil fertility and importance of macro-nutrients, secondary nutrients and micro-nutrients in plant physiology. At the end of each chapter, review questions are posed to test the reader’s understanding of the topic discussed. $20.00, S$36.00. Enquiries to Doris Tan . .Online store: Click here . MALAYSIAN SOIL TAXONOMY (SECOND APPROXIMATION) – A Proposal for the Classification of Malaysian Soils. By S. Paramanathan . The book attempts to propose a unified soil classification for Malaysia and draws on the concepts and format of the USDA’s Soil Taxonomy. Eleven soil orders have been proposed. Approximate equivalents of taxa in this system with that of Soil Taxonomy are also given. The book carries the classification of 527 soil series currently identified in Malaysia. ISBN 967-9945-20-0. 1998. Malaysian Society of Soil Science & Param Agricultural Soil Surveys Sdn Bhd. Copies can be obtained from Hon Secretary, Malaysian Society of Soil Science, Locked Bag 254, 43409 UPM Serdang, Selangor D.E., MALAYSIA Price: RM25.00. Oil Palm Series. Potash & Phosphate Institute (East and Southeast Asia Program). List of Publications. (Field handbooks, Pocket Guides, Bahasa Indonesia version) and issues on soil fertility and nutrient management. For further enquiries contact Doris Tan . Properties and Management of Soils of the Tropics. "FAO publishes compact disk number 24 of its Land and Water Digital Media Series: "Properties and Management of Soils of the Tropics". The compact disk has two components: (1) Text files of the chapters and appendices such as glossary, profiles descriptions and analyses, and (2) Slide sets of each chapter in powerpoint presentation's format that can be used for teaching purposes. Teachers can insert their own slides for customizing the presentations to particular audiences. Part One of the text describes the tropical soil environment. It includes climate, parent materials, soil horizons, vegetation, and fauna. Part Two describes the major kinds of soils of the tropics. It starts by introducing the classification system that is used to subdivide the subject matter: the "World Reference Base for Soil Resources, (FAO, 1998). Separate chapters discuss the soil reference groups that are related either by genesis or common agronomic properties. The approach facilitates access to information that is specific to each kind of soil. The management properties and the most frequent management practices of each reference group are emphasized. Slides and teaching handouts have been added to the text. Photographic materials are a valuable aid to teaching tropical soils in any setting. Copies of the CD-ROM can be ordered from "Sales and Marketing Group, FAO of the United Nations" Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. E-mail: Sales Armand Van Wambeke Graduate Professor of Soil Science Department of Crop and oil ciences Cornell University Homepage: Click here The Red Soils of China: Their Nature, Management and Utilization edited by M.J. Wilson Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen, UK He Zhenli Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR of China Yang Xiaoe Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR of China The red soils of China are highly weathered, inherently infertile and very susceptible to erosion. However, they represent China's last available soil resource that could be brought into agricultural production, a fact that assumes great importance in view of China's huge and still-increasing population. These soils are typical of similar red soils that occur throughout tropical and sub-tropical South America, Africa and south east Asia, so that if the red soils of China could be successfully utilized then this would have wider implications for agriculture in other countries. Previous attempts to cultivate Chinese red soils have met with little success and it has become apparent that they cannot sustain arable cropping systems without the most careful management. This book describes recent research outlining the physical, chemical and mineralogical nature of the soils, the various constraints that combine to inhibit their practical use, and the traditional and novel approaches that may be used to overcome these constraints. Building upon previous work and using examples from other countries, the book illustrates these approaches, shows appropriate land uses for the red soils of China and how the fertility of the soils evolves with time under these land uses. Whether these technical and scientific advances will be taken up by the Chinese farmer will depend to a large extent on the prevailing socio-economic conditions. Hardbound ISBN: 1-4020-2137-2 Date: May 2004 Pages: 416 pp. EUR 150.00 / USD 165.00 / GBP 104.00 To purchase this book, click here to visit our website's shopping cart feature. eBook ISBN: 1-4020-2138-0 Date: May 2004 EUR 150.00 / USD 165.00 / GBP 104.00 To purchase this book, click here to visit our website's shopping cart feature. To order this book offline, please contact: THE AMERICAS Kluwer Academic Publishers Order Department, PO Box 358 Accord Station, Hingham, MA 02018-0358 USA Telephone (781) 871-6600 Fax (781) 681-9045 E-Mail: click here EUROPE, ASIA, AUSTRALIA AND AFRICA Kluwer Academic Publishers Book Department. PO Box 322 3300 AH Dordrecht The Netherlands Telephone 31-78-657-60-00 Fax 31-78-657-64-74 E-Mail: click here SOIL CLASSIFICATION – A Global Desk Reference {NEW} Editors- H. Eswaran, T.J. Rice. R.J. Ahrens and B.A. Stewart. December 2002, 312 p., $99.95 / £66.99. CRC PRESS. This is the first book to illustrate the current state of national and international soil classification systems. In this ground-breaking reference, distinguished soil scientists evaluate developments in soil classification during the last century. The documentation in this book serves as a foundation for the revision of existing soil taxonomies and the creation of new ones. The editors hope that this comprehensive synthesis will help to rally soil scientists around the world to develop an acceptable classification system for soils. It is only when the global soil science community agrees to such a system that we can truly say that we have science. Features include an analysis of the major soil classification systems of the world, rationale behind each of the major classification systems and an assessment of the relationships between specific classification systems and land use, as well as between specific classification systems and soil degradation. Order online at Click here , {In North & South America, Asia and Australasia:} CRC Press 2000 N.W. Corporate Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33431-9868 USA.. Tel 1-800-272-7737; Fax 1-800-374-3401. Outside U.S: Tel 1-561-994-0555, Fax 1-561-361-6018, e-mail: Orders or {In Europe , Middle East, and Africa:} CRC PRESS / ITPS Cheriton House North Way, Andover, Hants, SP10 5BE, UK [Tel 44(0) 20 8875 4370, Fax 44(0) 20 8871 3443] E-Mail: Click here . SOIL FERTILITY KIT – A toolkit for Acid, Upland Soil Fertility Management in Southeast Asia. Important concepts are presented clearly in an easy-to-understand format, with full-colour photographs and charts to aid the extension worker in grasping the principles of managing soil fertility. $15.00, S$27.00. Enquiries to Doris Tan . Online Store SOIL RESILIENCE - A BASIS FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND USE Winfried EH ... (PDF) - SOIL RESILIENCE - A BASIS FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND USE Winfried EH Blum. For further information Click here Soil Resilience and Sustainable Land Use Edited by DJ Greenland and I. Szabolcs. For further information Click here Soil Resilience: a Fundamental Component of Soil Quality. Parent Project, Technologies for Management and Remediation of Desert Rangelands. For further information Click here SOILS OF MALAYSIA – Their Characteristics and Identification. Volume 1. 2000. S. Paramanathan. Edited by Dr Yong Hoi Sen. Published by Academy of Sciences Malaysia and Param Agricultural Soil Surveys Sdn Bhd. 616 pages. This volume contains the standard description sheets of 100 soil series mapped in Malaysia. Available are profile descriptions, analytical data as well as discussion on the range of properties and differentiating characteristics of soils. ISBN 983-9445-06-5 (Vol 1) Price: RM60.00. Contact S.Paramanathan SOILS OF THE TROPICS A.Van Wambeke has prepared a new 2002 version of his book Soils of the Tropics (McGraw-Hill, 343 pages, 1991).. The new edition uses the recent 1999 Soil Taxonomy classification to subdivide the subject matter into chapters. The 2002 book is produced on compact disk and will be made available for downloading on IBM compatible computers late August or early September 2002 free of charge on the server of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell in August 2002. (URL: The book has been updated for new data. The 2002 USA version also includes a chapter on the World Soil Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). This international system is widely used. Cross-references with the core of the book facilitate the study of the land characteristics of the WRB units. The new issue is a USA version mainly addressed to people who use Soil Taxonomy as their reference system. An international version that will use WRB as its framework is being prepared. A second important addition is the inclusion of 750 slides and overheads (Powerpoint .pps) that can directly be used for teaching with modern electronic projectors. They were shown during the tropical soil course at Cornell and were well received by the students. The slides make the compact disk particularly useful for teaching tropical soils in a university setting. Armand Van Wambeke Graduate Professor of Soil Science Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Cornell University www.scas.cornell.edu/courses/471/Facul/AVanWam.html |