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Book SynopsisIncludes some fifty edited and revised papers from an international conference on Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter, held by the British Society of Soil Science in Edinburgh in September 1999. The book explores the results of recent research studies examining how organic matter functions in soils, factors affecting organic matter quality and quantity and how management of organic matter can be optimised in order to achieve sustainable farming practices.
Table of Contents1: Key thematic chapters: 2: Organic matter and sustainability, M R Carter, Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada 3: Modelling soil organic matter dynamics - Global challenges, K Paustian, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado 4: Soil organic matter: The roles of residue quality in C sequestration and N supply, G Cadisch, Wye, Ashford Kent and K Giller, Dept of Soil Science & Agricultural Engineering, University of Zimbabwe 5: The role of soil organic matter and manures in sustainable nutrient cycling, K W T Goulding, Soil Science Department, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, et al 6: Implications of soil biodiversity for sustainable organic matter management, K Ritz and B S Griffiths, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee 7: Soil teeming with life: New frontiers for soil science, J M Tiedje, Centre for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, et al
