Gebundenes Buch

Soil and Fertilizers

Managing the Environmental Footprint

Herausgeber: Lal, Rattan

Beschreibung

Highlighting a tenfold increase in global fertilizer consumption between 2002 and 2016, the book explains the effects on the quality of soil, water, air and biota from overuse of chemical fertilizers.This book presents methods for enhancing the efficiency of fertilizer that can reduce the environmental footprint.

Autor

Rattan Lal, Ph.D., is a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, and an Adjunct Professor of University of Iceland. His current research focus is on climate-resilient agriculture, soil carbon sequestration, sustainable intensification, enhancing use efficiency of agroecosystems, and sustainable management of soil resources of the tropics. He has received honorary degrees of Doctor of Science from Punjab Agricultural University (2001), the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas (2005), Alecu Russo Balti State University, Moldova (2010), Technical University of Dresden, Germany (2015), University of Lleida, Spain (2017), Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota, and PUCV, Valparaiso, Chile (2019).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 894g
• ISBN-13: 9781138600072
• ISBN-10: 1138600075
• Artikelnr.: 69945872