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Amelioration of Soil by Trees:
A review of current concept and practices
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unspecified
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Categories:
Agriculture and Environmental Issues
ISBN No:
978-0-85092-300-1
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Publication Date:
1986
Number of Pages:
182
Status:
Out of print
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Description
The utilization of marginal and degraded lands, often associated with regions of high population densities, has high international priority for food and fuel production, erosion control and conservation. It is commonly believed that the enhancement of fertility of these soils can be achieved by the use of trees, particularly by manipulation of the associated coil biological processes. In this volume, this belief is subject to initial scrutiny and various proposals are made for the research to investigate the links between trees and soil fertility.
This volume represents the collection of papers presented at the Commonwealth Science Council’s Agroforestry meeting in India in March 1986 for Africa and Asia.
A Commonwealth Science Council title.
Contents
Chapter I: Introduction
Chapter II: Trees, Soils and Soil Biological Processes
Chapter III: Problem Soils and their Amelioration by Trees
Chapter IV: Association of Microorganisms with Trees – An Aid to Soil Amelioration
Chapter V: Land Use Practices for Amelioration of Soil by Trees
Chapter VI: Amelioration of Soil by Trees – The Way Forward
Amelioration of Soil by Trees in the Tropics
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