LEADER 05608nam 22006615 450 001 9910337941903321 005 20200704032549.0 010 $a3-030-15530-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-15530-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000008493398 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-15530-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5795888 035 $a(PPN)242825257 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008493398 100 $a20190620d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIntelligent Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture $eThe Nutrient Buffer Power Concept /$fby Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (XXIX, 389 p. 50 illus., 10 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-030-15529-3 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Efficient Plant Nutrient Management -- Chapter 3. The Buffer Power and Effect on Nutrient Availability -- Chapter 4. Quantifying the Buffer Power of Soils and Testing Its Effect on Nutrient Availability -- Chapter 5. Case Studies with Asian Soils -- Chapter 6. The Role of Electro-Ultrafiltration (EUF) in Measuring P and K Intensity for the Construction of Buffer Power Curves -- Chapter 7. Quantifying the Buffer Power for Precise Availability Prediction ? Heavy Metals -- Chapter 8. Case Studies with South Asian Soils -- Chapter 9. Case Studies with Central Asian Soils -- Chapter 10. Case Studies with African Soils with Regard to P and K -- Chapter 11. The Changing Face of Global Agriculture -- Chapter 12. Sustainable Agricultural Production on a Small Farm -- Chapter 13. General Profile of Current Agricultural Systems -- Chapter 14. Sustainability Conundrums -- Chapter 15. Land Management for Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 16. Erosion Control and Maintenance of Good Soil Tilth -- Chapter 17. Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management -- Chapter 18. How to Manage Water Use for Sustainable Agriculture? -- Chapter 19. Primary Productivity and Biodiversity -- Chapter 20. Environment and Management -- Chapter 21. Policy Making and Regulations -- Chapter 22. Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms and Their Role in Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 23. Energy Management in Sustainable Agriculture -- Chapter 24. Measurement of Agricultural Sustainability -- Chapter 25. Climate Change and Agricultural Production -- Chapter 26. Achieving Agricultural Sustainability ? The Future Challenge -- Chapter 27. Holistic Technologies -- Chapter 28. Integrated Plant Nutrient Management -- Chapter 29. The Salient Conclusions. 330 $aThis book conceptualizes a revolutionary idea based on a mechanistic-mathematical model in which the ?Buffer Power? of the principal and problematic nutrients like phosphorus, potassium and zinc is quantified. This is achieved by using either a very sophisticated technique, electro-ultra-filtration, or a simple adsorption-desorption equilibrium technique, and by integrating the ?Buffer Power? of the nutrient in question into the computations, accurate fertilizer recommendations are made. This technique was field tested across Europe, (Germany and Belgium), Africa (The Republic of Cameroon), and Asia (both Central Asia- Turkey and South Asia-India), during a period of three decades in test crops, such as, summer rye (Secale cereale), maize (Zea mays), wheat (Triticum aestivum), white clover (Trifolium repens), a highly nutritious and palatable fodder crop for Africa, black pepper (Piper nigrum) and cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum). Remarkable precision in predictability of plant uptake of phosphorus, potassium and zinc was obtained employing the technique. ?The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept? project was shortlisted for the very prestigious U.S. $1 Million Rolex Awards For Enterprise of The Rolex Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland, for its outstanding originality and quality from more than 3500 nominations worldwide and is the only project chosen for this very coveted distinction from the Asian continent. 606 $aAgriculture 606 $aSoil science 606 $aSoil conservation 606 $aPlant science 606 $aBotany 606 $aPlant ecology 606 $aSustainable development 606 $aAgriculture$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L11006 606 $aSoil Science & Conservation$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U28000 606 $aPlant Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L24000 606 $aPlant Ecology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19112 606 $aSustainable Development$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U34000 615 0$aAgriculture. 615 0$aSoil science. 615 0$aSoil conservation. 615 0$aPlant science. 615 0$aBotany. 615 0$aPlant ecology. 615 0$aSustainable development. 615 14$aAgriculture. 615 24$aSoil Science & Conservation. 615 24$aPlant Sciences. 615 24$aPlant Ecology. 615 24$aSustainable Development. 676 $a630 676 $a631.4 700 $aNair$b Kodoth Prabhakaran$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0888499 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910337941903321 996 $aIntelligent Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture$92140566 997 $aUNINA