Soils and Soil Fertility
Recommended by users for its clear explanations and readability. Troeh and Thompson's Soil; and Soil Fertility provides and excellent overview of soils for students in agriculture and the environmental sciences. Now in its sixth edition, this book has been updated throughout and incorporates discussions of GIS (geographic information system) and GPS (global positioning system), humus and its function in soil structure and fertility, soil reclamation for sites contaminated by pesticides or...
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This successful textbook is intended as an introduction to soils for students in agriculture and related sciences. Broad in scope, the book includes chapters on basic topics such as soil chemistry, organic matter, mineralogy, water management, as well as on more specialized areas such as urban and rural land use, artificial soils for greenhouses, and turf grass. Environmental concerns are now addressed in an individual chapter. Background information on these topics is presented where necessary to help beginning students. In addition to students of agronomy, special effort has been taken to make the book useful for those with interests in horticulture, forestry, and engineering and recreational uses of soils. The breadth of coverage allows this book to serve as background for more advanced courses in soils and as a general review of soil sciences.
1Soil32Soil formation153Physical properties of soils374Soil mechanics655Soil water816Soil organic matter1057Soil mineralogy1278Soil chemistry1459Amending the soil16510Fertilizers18711Nitrogen21112Phosphorous23113Potassium25114Calcium, magnesium, and sulfur26915The micronutrients28316Variations in plant composition30517Soil classification and survey32118Land use and soil management34919Water management36920Soil erosion and its control39121Soil pollution419
\ From the Publisher"The sixth edition of Soils and Soil Fertility provides a thorough introduction to soil science as well as the fundamentals of soil fertility, and is an appropriate text for undergraduate students in agricultural and/or environmental sciences...Each chapter is well organized...and features boldface subheadings to assist in quickly locating topics of interest...In summary, this textbook is comprehensive, readable, and does not bog down in vernacular or complex reference tables. Thus, it is an ideal choice for support of an introductory soil science course." M.J.Schlossberg, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University in the Journal of Environmental Quality Volume 34, No. 6, November-December 2005.\ "Soils and Soil Fertility by Troeh and Thompson would be an excellent textbook for soils and related classes. This is a very intelligent book full of supportive black and white illustrations within the text. Although designed as a textbook, gardeners and enthusiasts may enjoy reading this text for information and a better understanding of soil properties and soil fertility." Dr Lee Luckeydoo, Eastern New Mexico University in SIDA: Contributions to Botany Volume 22, Issue 1, 2006.\ \ \
