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FOREWORD M. S. Swaminathan INTRODUCTION EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS Part I: OVERVIEW 1. UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTIONING AND MANAGEMENT OF SOIL SYSTEMS Norman Uphoff, Andrew Ball, Erick Fernandes, Hans Herren, Olivier Husson, Mark Laing, Cheryl Palm, Jules Pretty, N. Sanginga, and Janice Thies 2. SOIL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT IN THE HUMID AND SUB-HUMID TROPICS Ana Primavesi, University of Santa Maria, Brazil 3. SOIL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT IN TEMPERATE REGIONS G. Philip Robertson and A. Stuart Grandy, Michigan State University, USA 4. SOIL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT UNDER ARID AND SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS R. J. Thomas, H. El-Dessougi, and A. Tubeileh, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Syria Part II: SOIL AGENTS AND PROCESSES 5. SOIL ECOLOGY AND THE SOIL HABITAT Janice E. Thies and Julie M. Grossman, Cornell University, USA 6. ENERGY INPUTS INTO SOIL SYSTEMS Andrew Ball, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia 7. THE ROOT-RHIZOSPHERE INTERFACT Volker Römheld, University of Hohenheim, German 8. THE RHIZOBIA-CEREAL CROP ASSOCIATION AS AN EXAMPLE OF MICROBIAL-PLANT INTERACTIONS Frank B. Dazzo, Michigan State University, USA; and Youssef G. Yanni, Sakha Agricultural Research Station, Egypt 9. THE ROLES OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS IN PLANT AND SOIL HEALTH Mitiku Habte, University of Hawaii, USA 10. MOVING UP WITHIN THE FOOD WEB: PROTOZOA AND NEMATODES Gregor W. Yeates, Landcare Research, New Zealand; and Tony Pattison, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Australia 11. SOIL FAUNA IMPACTS ON SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES Elisée Ouédraogo, Albert Schweitzer Center for Ecology, Burkina Faso; Abdoulaye Mando, International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development, Togo; and Lijbert Brussaard, Wageningen University, Netherlands 12. BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION IN AGROECOSYSTEMS AND IN PLANT ROOTS Robert M. Boddey, Bruno J. R. Alves, Veronica M. Reis, and Segundo Urquiaga, EMBRAPA-Agrobiologia, Brazil 13. ENHANCING PHOSPHORUS AVAILABILITY IN LOW-FERTILITY SOILS Benjamin L. Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, and Emmanuel Frossard and Astrid Oberson, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland 14. PHYTOHORMONES: MICROBIAL PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS Azeem Khalid, Muhammad Arshad, and Zahir Ahmad Zahir, Faisalabad University of Agriculture, Pakistan 15. CROP GENETIC RESPONSES TO MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCE OF ROOT-SHOOT COMMUNICATION Autar K. Mattoo and Aref Abdul-Baki, U. S. Department of Agriculture, USA 16. ALLELOPATHY AND ITS INFLUENCE IN SOIL SYSTEMS Suzette R. Bezuidenhout, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, and Mark Laing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 17. ANIMALS AS PART OF SOIL SYSTEMS Alice Pell, Cornell University, USA Part III: STRATEGIES AND METHODS 18. INTEGRATED SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT: FROM KNOWLEDGE TO IMPLEMENTATION B. Vanlauwe, J. Ramisch, and N. Sanginga, Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute/CIAT, Kenya 19. MANAGING SOIL FERTILITY AND NUTRIENT CYCLES THROUGH FERTILIZER TREES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Paramu L. Mafongoya, E. Kuntashula, and G. Sileshi, World Agroforestry Centre, Zambia 20. BIOLOGICAL SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT FOR TREE-CROP AGROFORESTRY Götz Schroth, Conservation International, USA, and Ulrike Krauss, CABI Bioscience, Costa Rica 21. RESTORING PRODUCTIVITY TO DEGRADED PASTURE LANDS IN THE AMAZON THROUGH AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES Erick C. M. Fernandes, The World Bank, USA, and Elisa Wandelli, Rogerio Perin, and Silas Garcia, EMBRAPA-CPAA, Brazil 22. DIRECT-SEEDED TROPICAL SOIL SYSTEMS WITH PERMANENT SOIL COVER: LEARNING FROM BRAZILIAN EXPERIENCE Lucien Séguy and Serge Bouzinac, International Center for Research on Agricultural Development (CIRAD)/Brazil, and Olivier Husson, CIRAD/Madagascar 23. RESTORATION OF ACID SOIL SYSTEMS THROUGH AGROECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT Olivier Husson, CIRAD/Madagascar, Lucien Séguy, CIRAD/Brazil, Roger Michellon, CIRAD/Madagascar, and Stéphane Boulakia, CIRAD/Cambodia 24. CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN SOUTH ASIA Peter Hobbs, Cornell University, USA, Raj Gupta, Rice-Wheat Consortium, India, and Craig Meisner, International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development, Bangladesh 25. MANAGING SOIL FERTILITY ON SMALL FAMILY FARMS IN AFRICAN DRYLANDS Michael Mortimore, Drylands Research, UK 26. RESTORING SOIL FERTILITY IN SEMI-ARID WEST AFRICA: ASSESSMENT OF AN INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY A. Mando, International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development, Togo, D. Fatondji, International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Niger, R. Zougmoré, Institute for Environment and Agricultural Research, Burkina Faso, L. Brussaard, Wageningen University, Netherlands, C. Bielders, Université de Louvain, Belgium, and C. Martius, Center for Development Research, Germany 27. LEGUMINOUS BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION IN SUSTAINABLE TROPICAL AGROECOSYSTEMS Robert M. Boddey, Bruno J. R. Alves, and Segundo Urquiaga, EMBRAPA-Agrobiologia, Brazil 28. SOIL BIOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION Robert Randriamiharisoa, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, Joeli Barison, Chemonics International, Madagascar, and Norman Uphoff, Cornell University, USA 29. CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANAGED FALLOWS TO SOIL FERTILITY RECOVERY Erika Styger and Erick C. M. Fernandes, The World Bank, USA 30. GREEN MANURE/COVER CROPS FOR RECUPERATING SOILS AND MAINTAINING SOIL FERTILITY IN THE TROPICS Roland Bunch, World Neighbors, USA 31. COMPOST AND VERMICOMPOST AS AMENDMENTS PROMOTING SOIL HEALTH Allison L. Jack and Janice E. Thies, Cornell University, USA 32. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF BACTERIAL BIOFERTILIZERS AND BIOSTIMULATORS Rafael Martinez Viera and Bernardo Dibut Alvarez, Institute for Basic Research in Tropical Agriculture, Cuba 33. INOCULATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI WITHIN TROPICAL AGROECOSYSTEMS Ramon Rivera and Felix Fernandez, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Cuba 34. TRICHODERMA: AN ALLY IN THE QUEST FOR SOIL SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY Brandon Neumann and Mark Laing, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 35. EVALUATION OF CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS BASED ON LOCALLY- AVAILABLE BIOLOGICAL INPUTS O. P. Rupela, C. L. L. Gowda, S. P. Wani, and Hameeda Bee, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India 36. BIO-CHAR SOIL MANAGEMENT ON HIGHLY WEATHERED SOILS IN THE HUMID TROPICS Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University, USA; and Marco Rondon, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia 37. IMPROVING PHOSPHORUS FERTILITY IN TROPICAL SOILS THROUGH BIOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS Astrid Oberson and Emmanuel Frossard, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland, Else K. Bünemann, University of Adelaide, Australia, Dennis K. Friesen, International Center for Improvement of Wheat and Maize, and International Fertilizer Development Center, Ethiopia, I. M. Rao, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia, Paul C. Smithson, Berea College, USA, and Benjamin L. Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 38. SOIL PROFILE MODIFICATION AS A MEANS OF SOIL IMPROVEMENT: PROMOTING ROOT PERFORMANCE THROUGH DEEP TILLAGE Nico Labuschagne, University of Pretoria; and Deon Joubert, Unifrutti SA Pty Ltd, South Africa 39. RHIZOSPHERE MANAGEMENT AS PART OF INTERCROPPING AND RICE-WHEAT ROTATION SYSTEMS Liu Xuejun, Li Long, and Zhang Fusuo, China Agricultural University, China 40. MANAGING POLYCROPPING TO ENHANCE SOIL SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY: A CASE STUDY FROM AFRICA Zeyaur Khan and Ahmed Hassanali, International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya, and John A. Pickett, Rothamsted Research, UK Part IV. RELATED ISSUES 41. EFFECTS OF SOIL AND PLANT MANAGEMENT ON CROP PESTS AND DISEASES Alain Ratnadass and Roger Michellon, CIRAD/Madagascar; Richard Randriamanantsoa, FOFIFA, Madagascar; and Lucien Séguy, CIRAD/Brazil 42. REVEGETATING INERT SOILS WITH THE USE OF MICROBES Gail Papli and Mark Laing, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 43. IMPACTS OF CLIMATE ON SOIL SYSTEMS AND OF SOIL SYSTEMS ON CLIMATE Rattan Lal, The Ohio State University, USA 44. ECONOMIC AND POLICY CONTEXTS FOR THE BIOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SOIL FERTILITY Sara Scherr, Ecoagriculture Partners/Forest Trends, USA 45. VILLAGE-LEVEL PRODUCTION AND USE OF BIOFERTILIZERS AND BIOCONTROL AGENTS B. Selvamukilan, S. Rengalakshmi, P. Tamizholi, and Sudha Nair, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India 46. MEASURING SOIL BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES Janice E. Thies and Julie Grossman, Cornell University, USA 47. APPROACHES TO MONITORING SOIL QUALITY David Wolfe, Cornell University, USA 48. MODELING POSSIBILITIES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SOIL SYSTEMS Andrew Ball, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia, and Diego de la Rosa, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologica de Sevilla, Spain 49. OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVERCOMING PRODUCTIVITY CONSTRAINTS WITH BIOLOGICALLY-BASED APPROACHES Norman Uphoff, Cornell University, USA 50. ISSUES FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE SOIL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT Norman Uphoff, Andrew Ball, Erick Fernandes, Hans Herren, Olivier Husson, Mark Laing, Cheryl Palm, Jules Pretty, N. Sanginga, and Janice Thies INDEX
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Soil management.
Soil biology.
Soil fertility.
Soil ecology.