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Organic soil amendments

Code: 9781835452486
Contributions by: Lidia Sas Paszt and Slawomir Gluszek, Research Institute of Horticulture, Poland; Cristina Lazcano, University of California-Davis, USA; Charlotte Decock, California Polytechnic State University, USA; Connie T. F. Wong, University of California-Davis, USA; and Kamille Garcia-Brucher, California Polytechnic State University, USA; David Fangueiro, LEAF-Instituto Superior de Agronomia-ULisboa, Portugal; Jihane Elmahdi*, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands; Jared Nyang'au, Aarhus University, Denmark; Stamatis Chrysanthopoulos, LEAF-Instituto Superior de Agronomia-ULisboa, Portugal; Jerke De Vries, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands; and Peter Sørensen, Aarhus University, Denmark; V. Riau, L. Morey, R. Cáceres, M. Cerrillo, and A. Bonmatí, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Spain; and A. Robles, BETA Tech Center (UVIC-UCC), Spain

Description

This book features four peer-reviewed reviews on organic soil amendments.

The first chapter examines the role of biofertilisers and consortia of microorganisms in improving the effectiveness of organic fertilisation, before moving on to consider the use of animal excrement, including manures, slurry and guano. The chapter also considers the use of products or by-products of both animal and plant origin as fertilisers.

The second chapter provides a critical evaluation of the potential of compost to improve soil health, as well as the sources of variability and potential risks of compost for environmental quality. Two case studies evaluate the trade-offs between benefit and risks in the use of compost in perennial and annual crops.

The third chapter discusses optimising slurry management in agricultural practices and highlights current decision tools for optimising manure management. It also reviews modifying animal slurry pH to enhance its value as a biobased fertiliser through methods such as bio acidification and alkalinisation.

The final chapter provides an overview of the main technologies for manure valorisation into bioenergy and biofertiliser products. It discusses developments in more established technologies such as solid-liquid (S/L) separation, anaerobic digestion and composting, as well as more innovative techniques, including struvite precipitation.

Key Features

  • Considers the effects of applying organic amendments to soil and the environment
  • Reviews the main technologies used to convert livestock manure into biofertiliser or bioenergy sources
  • Includes case studies which detail the benefit and risks of using compost in two different agricultural settings

Publication Date: 28/01/2025

£37.99
Table of Contents

1. Advances in understanding the nitrogen cycle in crop production : David Pilbeam, University of Leeds, UK
2. Advances in understanding uptake and utilization of nitrogen in wheat : Ajit S. Nehe and M. John Foulkes, University of Nottingham, UK
3. Advances in optimising nitrogen-use efficiency in crop production : J. F. Angus, CSIRO Agriculture and Food and Graham Centre – Charles Sturt University, Australia
4. Advances in understanding crop use of phosphorus : Tim George, James Hutton Institute, UK
5. Advances in understanding the environmental effects of phosphorus fertilization : Andrew N. Sharpley, University of Arkansas, USA
6. Enhancing phosphorus-use efficiency in crop production : J. L. Havlin, North Carolina State University, USA; and A. J. Schlegel, Kansas State University, USA
7. Advances in understanding the potassium cycle in crop production : Qifu Ma and Richard Bell, Murdoch University, Australia
8. Potassium in crop physiology : Philip J. White, The James Hutton Institute, UK
9. Advances in optimizing potassium-use efficiency in crop production : Kaushik Majumdar, African Plant Nutrition Institute and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco; Meenu Rani, formerly ICAR-Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, India; T. Scott Murrell, African Plant Nutrition Institute and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco and Purdue University, USA; Sudarshan Dutta, African Plant Nutrition Institute and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco; T. Satyanarayana, formerly International Plant Nutrition Institute, India; V. K. Singh, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India; Jagadish Timsina, University of Melbourne, Australia and CIMMYT, Bangladesh; and B. S. Dwivedi, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
10. Secondary macronutrients: advances in understanding calcium cycling in soils, uptake/use by plants and ways of optimizing calcium-use efficiency in crop production : Milan Mesic, Zeljka Zgorelec, Aleksandra Percin, Igor Bogunovic and Darija Bilandzija, University of Zagreb, Croatia
11. The effect of soil organic matter on plant mineral nutrition : O. Urrutia, J. Erro, M. Fuentes, M. Olaetxea and M. Garnica, University of Navarra, Spain; R. Baigorri, TIMAC AGRO, UK; A. M. Zamarreño, M. Movila and D. De Hita, University of Navarra, Spain; and J. M. Garcia-Mina, University of Navarra, Spain and Centre Mondial De L’Innovation Roullier, France
12. Advances in understanding iron cycling in soils, uptake/use by plants and ways of optimising iron-use efficiency in crop production : Yashbir Singh Shivay and Sunil Mandi, ICAR – Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
13. Current advances in zinc in soils and plants: implications for zinc efficiency and biofortification studies : Gokhan Hacisalihoglu, Florida A&M University, USA; and Matthew W. Blair, Tennessee State University, USA
14. Advances in understanding boron cycling in soils, uptake/use by plants and ways of optimizing boron use efficiency in crop production : Heiner E. Goldbach, University of Bonn, Germany
15. Micronutrients: advances in understanding manganese cycling in soils, acquisition by plants and ways of optimizing manganese efficiency in crops : Sidsel Birkelund Schmidt and Søren Husted, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
16. Micronutrients: advances in understanding molybdenum in crop production : Aruna Nandety and Ali M. Missaoui, University of Georgia-Athens, USA
17. Advances in assessing nutrient availability in soils : Frederikke N. Mikkelsen, Maria M. Rieckmann and Kristian H. Laursen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
18. Advances in integrated plant nutrient management : Bijay-Singh, Punjab Agricultural University, India; and Ali M. Ali, Desert Research Center, Egypt
19. Developments in the use of fertilizers : Bryan G. Hopkins, Brigham Young University, USA
20. Bio-effectors to optimize the mineral nutrition of crop plants : Markus Weinmann and Günter Neumann, University Hohenheim, Germany
21. Advances in fertigation techniques to optimize crop nutrition : Asher Bar-Tal, Uri Yermiyahu and Alon Ben-Gal, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Israel
22. Advances in foliar fertilizers to optimize crop nutrition : Victoria Fernández, Technical University of Madrid, Spain; and Héctor A. Bahamonde, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Argentina
23. Optimizing the use of treated wastes in crop nutrition : Sylvia Kratz, Kerstin Panten, Ewald Schnug and Elke Bloem, Julius Kühn-Institute, Germany

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