46 Ebooks by Rattan (Ohio State University) Lal
Rattan Lal: Soil and Fertilizers
Soil and Fertilizers: Managing the Environmental Footprint presents strategies to improve soil health by reducing the rate of fertilizer input while maintaining high agronomic yields. It is estimated …
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€57.16
Rattan Lal: Soil and Fertilizers
Soil and Fertilizers: Managing the Environmental Footprint presents strategies to improve soil health by reducing the rate of fertilizer input while maintaining high agronomic yields. It is estimated …
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€57.78
Rattan (Ohio State University) Lal & B. A. (West Texas A&M University, Canyon, USA) Stewart: Soil and Climate
Climate is a soil-forming factor and soil can mitigate climate change through a reduction in the emissions of greenhouse gases and sequestration of atmospheric CO2. Thus, there is a growing interest …
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€57.73
Rattan (Ohio State University) Lal & B. A. (West Texas A&M University, Canyon, USA) Stewart: Soil and Climate
Climate is a soil-forming factor and soil can mitigate climate change through a reduction in the emissions of greenhouse gases and sequestration of atmospheric CO2. Thus, there is a growing interest …
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€57.42
Rattan Lal & B.A. Stewart: Soil Quality and Biofuel Production
From its humble beginning in the late 19th centurywhen Henry Ford”s first car was designed to run on ethanolbiofuel production has been on the rise with more than 26 billion liters produced in the …
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€90.37
Rattan Lal: Encyclopedia of Soil Science
New and Improved Global Edition: Three-Volume Set A ready reference addressing a multitude of soil and soil management concerns, the highly anticipated and widely expanded third edition of …
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€1,122.64
Rattan Lal: Soil Organic Carbon and Feeding the Future
Soil organic matter (SOM) is a highly reactive constituent of the soil matrix because of its large surface area, high ion exchange capacity, enormous affinity for water due to hygroscopicity, and …
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€217.76
Rattan Lal: Soil Organic Carbon and Feeding the Future
Soil organic matter (SOM) is a highly reactive constituent of the soil matrix because of its large surface area, high ion exchange capacity, enormous affinity for water due to hygroscopicity, and …
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€219.89
Rattan Lal & B. A. Stewart: Urban Soils
Globally, 30% of the world population lived in urban areas in 1950, 54% in 2016 and 66% projected by 2050. The most urbanized regions include North America, Latin America, and Europe. Urban encroachm …
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€57.60
Rattan Lal & B.A. Stewart: Soil Nitrogen Uses and Environmental Impacts
Nitrogen (N) is potentially one of the most complex elements on the Earth. It is necessary for all biological activity, but creates negative impacts on water and air quality. There is a balancing act …
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€57.77
David O. Hansen & Rattan Lal: Climate Change and Global Food Security
In order to feed their burgeoning populations, developing nations will need to double cereal production by the year 2050. This increase will have to come from existing land, as little potential …
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€156.73
David O. Hansen & Rattan Lal: Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World
Can developing countries meet the food requirements of their growing populations without jeopardizing a natural resource base that is already under great stress? Can increases in food production achi …
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€191.44
Ronald F. Follett & John M. Kimble: Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil
The potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change is one factor driving agricultural policy development of programs that might pay farmers for practices with a high …
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€57.29
Michael J. Apps & Jagtar Bhatti: Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems
Featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, Climate Change and Managed Ecosystems examines the effects of global climate change on intensively constructed or reconstructed ecosystems, …
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€77.10
Ronald F. Follett & John M. Kimble: Soil Carbon Management
Better Manage Soil C for Improved Soil Quality
In the United States, soil has fueled the availability of abundant, safe food, thus underpinning economic growth and development. In the future we …
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€122.57
Rattan Lal: Integrated Watershed Management in the Global Ecosystem
Focusing on the technical, social, and economic issues involved in watershed management, this interdisciplinary author team focuses on bettering land use practices and the condition of soil water …
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€77.85
Rattan Lal & B.A. Stewart: Food Security and Soil Quality
Just five years ago, it was generally believed that the number of food insecure people in the world was on continuous decline. Unfortunately, widespread soil degradation along with resistance to …
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€73.48
Rattan Lal & B.A. Stewart: World Soil Resources and Food Security
Soil-The Basis of All Terrestrial Life Ancient civilizations and cultures-Mayan, Aztec, Mesopotamian, Indus, and Yangtze-were built on good soils, surviving only as long as soils had the capacity to …
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€219.83
Rattan Lal & B.A. Stewart: Soil Water and Agronomic Productivity
Crop water use can be increased by management of surface runoff, groundwater, irrigation, and soil water. Technological innovations to enhance availability of water for agricultural crops depend on …
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€219.83
Rattan Lal & B.A. Stewart: Principles of Sustainable Soil Management in Agroecosystems
With the use of high-level soil management technology, Africa could feed several billion people, yet food production has generally stagnated since the 1960s. No matter how powerful the seed …
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€219.19
Rattan (Ohio State University) Lal & B.A. (West Texas A&M University, Canyon, USA) Stewart: Soil Management of Smallholder Agriculture
Nearly two billion people depend on hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers for food security. Yet, these farmers” lives also hang in the balance due to their extreme vulnerability to the risks …
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€219.83
Rattan Lal & B.A. Stewart: Soil-Specific Farming
Faced with challenges of resource scarcity and environmental degradation, it is important to adopt innovative farming systems that maximize resource efficiency while protecting the environment. …
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€57.38
Carlos Cerri & Rattan (Ohio State University) Lal: Carbon Sequestration in Soils of Latin America
Discover the latest available knowledge on ways to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere!The problem of quickly mounting CO2 emissions in the fast-developing Latin American region was addressed in a symposium …
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€77.87
Rattan Lal & B. A. Stewart: Urban Soils
Globally, 30% of the world population lived in urban areas in 1950, 54% in 2016 and 66% projected by 2050. The most urbanized regions include North America, Latin America, and Europe. Urban encroachm …
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€57.28
Winfried E. H. Blum & Rattan Lal: Methods for Assessment of Soil Degradation
Soil degradation has serious global impacts on agronomic, economic, and sociopolitical conditions, however, statistics regarding the degree of these impacts has been largely unreliable. This book …
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€73.48
Winfried E. H. Blum & Rattan Lal: Methods for Assessment of Soil Degradation
Soil degradation has serious global impacts on agronomic, economic, and sociopolitical conditions, however, statistics regarding the degree of these impacts has been largely unreliable. This book …
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€73.38
Rattan Lal: Soil Organic Matter and Feeding the Future
Soil organic matter (SOM) is the primary determinant of soil functionality. Soil organic carbon (SOC) accounts for 50% of the SOM content, accompanied by nitrogen, phosphorus, and a range of macro …
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€218.14
Rattan Lal: Soil Organic Matter and Feeding the Future
Soil organic matter (SOM) is the primary determinant of soil functionality. Soil organic carbon (SOC) accounts for 50% of the SOM content, accompanied by nitrogen, phosphorus, and a range of macro …
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€217.76
Richard Birdsey & Linda S. Heath: The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect
Much attention has been given to above ground biomass and its potential as a carbon sink, but in a mature forest ecosystem 40 to 60 percent of the stored carbon is below ground. As increasing numbers …
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€74.10
Paul Doraiswamy & D.O. Hansen: Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia
This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia. The themes treated include: biophysical environments, water resources, sustainable agriculture, soil …
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€77.64
Paul Doraiswamy & D.O. Hansen: Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia
This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia. The themes treated include: biophysical environments, water resources, sustainable agriculture, soil …
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€77.64
Bernard (IRD, Montepellier, France) Barthes & Christian (IRD – Laboratoire MOST, Montpellier, France) Feller: Soil Erosion and Carbon Dynamics
The most complete, nonpartisan source of information on this hot agronomic topic available today, this book brings together a diverse group of papers and data to resolve the debate between …
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€43.83
Bernard (IRD, Montepellier, France) Barthes & Christian (IRD – Laboratoire MOST, Montpellier, France) Feller: Soil Erosion and Carbon Dynamics
The most complete, nonpartisan source of information on this hot agronomic topic available today, this book brings together a diverse group of papers and data to resolve the debate between …
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€43.97
Thomas (USDA-NRCS, Beltsville, Maryland, USA) Iivari & John M. (Retired, Addison, New York, USA) Kimble: Computer Support for Collaborative Learning
Computer Support for Collaborative Learning (CSCL) is a field of study centrally concerned with meaning and the practices of meaning-making in the context of joint activity, and the ways in which …
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€66.52
Thomas (USDA-NRCS, Beltsville, Maryland, USA) Iivari & John M. (Retired, Addison, New York, USA) Kimble: Soil Degradation in the United States
Soil Degradation in the United States: Extent, Severity, and Trends examines the magnitude and severity of soil degradation by different processes in the U.S., including water erosion, wind erosion, …
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€57.78
Peter R. Hobbs & Rattan Lal: Sustainable Agriculture and the International Rice-Wheat System
Addressing a topic of major importance to the maintenance of world food supplies, this reference identifies knowledge gaps, defines priorities, and formulates recommendations for the improvement of …
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€57.77
Peter R. Hobbs & Rattan Lal: Sustainable Agriculture and the International Rice-Wheat System
Addressing a topic of major importance to the maintenance of world food supplies, this reference identifies knowledge gaps, defines priorities, and formulates recommendations for the improvement of …
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€57.78
Richard Birdsey & Linda S. Heath: The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect
Much attention has been given to above ground biomass and its potential as a carbon sink, but in a mature forest ecosystem 40 to 60 percent of the stored carbon is below ground. As increasing numbers …
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€201.99
Rattan Lal & B.A. Stewart: Soil Nitrogen Uses and Environmental Impacts
Nitrogen (N) is potentially one of the most complex elements on the Earth. It is necessary for all biological activity, but creates negative impacts on water and air quality. There is a balancing act …
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€56.91
Rattan Lal: Soil and Drought
Drought, a serious global issue, is being aggravated by climate change. Both pedological and agronomic droughts are major risk factors with adverse effects on agronomic productivity, food and …
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€62.36
Rattan Lal: Soil and Drought
Drought, a serious global issue, is being aggravated by climate change. Both pedological and agronomic droughts are major risk factors with adverse effects on agronomic productivity, food and …
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€62.88
Bernard (IRD, Montepellier, France) Barthes & Christian (IRD – Laboratoire MOST, Montpellier, France) Feller: Teacher”s Guide for in the Shadow of Race: Growing Up As a Multiethnic, Multicultural, and Multiracial American
This Teacher”s Guide accompanies In the Shadow of Race: Growing Up as a Multiethnic, Multicultural, and ‘Multiracial’ American by Teja Arboleda. It has a twofold purpose. First, it facilitates K-12 …
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€31.39
Ronald F. Follett & John M. Kimble: Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle
World soils contain about 1500 gigatons of organic carbon. This large carbon reserve can increase atmospheric concentrations of CO2 by soil misuse or mismanagement, or it can reverse the ‘greenhouse’ …
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€314.05
Ronald F. Follett & John M. Kimble: Soil Processes and the Carbon Cycle
World soils contain about 1500 gigatons of organic carbon. This large carbon reserve can increase atmospheric concentrations of CO2 by soil misuse or mismanagement, or it can reverse the ‘greenhouse’ …
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€314.05
Rattan Lal & B.A. Stewart: Soil Phosphorus
Phosphorus is an essential plant nutrient, but global population growth has dramatically reduced the availability of phosphorus fertilizer resources. Despite this scarcity, there remain numerous prob …
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€57.29
Rattan Lal & B.A. Stewart: Soil Phosphorus
Phosphorus is an essential plant nutrient, but global population growth has dramatically reduced the availability of phosphorus fertilizer resources. Despite this scarcity, there remain numerous prob …
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€57.60
