Soil Science: Agricultural and Environmental Prospectives

Preface Foreword Dedication Chapter 1: An Appraisal of Conservation Tillage on the Soil Physical Properties; Sartaj Ahmad Wani, M. Nayeem Sofi, Mohmad Ramzan and Khalid Rehman Hakeem Chapter 2: Degraded soils: Origin, types and management; Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Farooq Qayyum, Saifullah, Muhammad Rizwan, Shafaqat Ali, Fatima Akmal and Hinnan Khalid Chapter 3: Nitrogen Management in Rice-Wheat Cropping System in Salt-Affected Soils; Behzad Murtaza, Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Sabir, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Imran Chapter 4: Management of Acid Sulfate Soils for sustainable rice cultivation in Malaysia; Qurban Ali Panhwar, Umme Aminun Naher, Jusop Shamshuddin, Othman Radziah, Khalid Rehman Hakeem Chapter 5: Petroleum hydrocarbons-contaminated soils: Remediation approaches; Hafiz Naeem Asghar, Hafiz Muhammad Rafique, Zahir Ahmad Zahir, Muhammad Yahya Khan, Muhammad Javed Akhtar, Muhammad Naveed and Muhammad Saleem Chapter 6: Environmental Impacts of Nitrogen Use in Agriculture, Nitrate Leaching and Mitigation Strategies; Sadia Bibi, Saifullah, Asif Naeem, and Saad Dahlawi Chapter 7: Potassium for Sustainable Agriculture; Abdul Wakeel, Mehreen Gul and Christian Zörb Chapter 8: Weathering and Approaches to Evaluation of Weathering Indices for Soil Profile Studies - An Overview; Sartaj Wani , G. R Najar, Tahir Ali, Mohmad Ramzan Mir, Khalid Rehman Hakeem Chapter 9: Pesticides Pollution in Agricultural Soils of Pakistan; Muhammad Shahid, Ashfaq Ahmad, Sana Khalid, Hafiz Faiq Siddique, Muhammad Farhan Saeed, Muhammad Rizwan Ashraf, Muhammad Sabir, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Muhammad Bilal, Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi, Irshad Bibi, Eric Pinelli Chapter 10: Iron Biofortification of Cereals Grown under Calcareous Soils: Problems and Solutions; Pia Muhammad Adnan Ramzani, Muhammad Khalid, Muhammad Naveed, Ayesha Erum and Waqas-ul-Din Khan< Chapter 11: Boron Toxicity in Salt-Affected Soils and Effects on Plants; Tayyaba Naz, Javaid Akhtar, Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal, Muhammad Anwar ul Haq, Muhammad Saqib Chapter 12: Silicon: a beneficial nutrient under salt stress, its uptake mechanism and mode of action; Waqas-l-Din Khan, Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Aamer Maqsood, M. Sabir, Hamaad Raza Ahmad, Pia Adnan Ramzani and M. Naseem Chapter 13: Soil Micro Flora- An Extensive Research; Sameen Ruqia Imadi, Mustafeez Mujtaba Babar, Humna Hasan, Alvina Gul Chapter 14: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Boon for Plant Nutrition and Soil Health; Mehraj ud din Khanday, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Shamsul Haq, Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Asma Absar Bhatti, Mehru Nissa and Mohd Ramzan Mir Chapter 15: Azotobacter chroococcum - Potential Biofertilizer in Agriculture: An Overview; Sartaj, A. Wani, Subhash Chand, Tahir Ali, M. Nayeem Sofi, Mohmad Ramzan Mir and Khalid Rehman Hakeem Chapter 16: Sources and Composition of Waste Water: Threats to Plants and Soil Health; Hamaad Raza Ahmad, Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Sabir and Hinnan Khalid Chapter 17: Soil Amendments for Heavy Metal Immobilization Using Different Crops; Mahar Amanullah , Amjad Ali, Wang Ping,Li Ronghua,Zhang Zengqiang, Münir Öztürk Chapter 18: Climate Change: Impacts on Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity and Agriculture; Zulfiqar Ahmadand Shermeen Tahir