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Based on the contributions given at a leading international conference, this volume concentrates on developments in the environmentally-friendly disposal of sludges and on the reawakened interest in composting which has emerged as a result of significant European directives.
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Since the beginning of this century production of chemical fertilizers has increased many fold, and the production of pesticides for addition to the soil has become a new major industry. These are not the only chemicals added to the soil, because by accident or design many other chemicals which enter the environment end up in the soil. The soil has to produce the bulk of the food and fiber to sustain this growing population. In this volume a short historical outline of the development of soil science is given, touching briefly on soil formation, soil physics, and soil biology, as it can be misleading to regard soils simply as chemical entities. It is also important to have some appreciation ...
Based on the Second International Conference of the International Humic Substances Society held in Birmingham, England, in 1984, this compendium reviews ways of studying the structure and function of humic substances, including the use of both degradative and nondegradative processes. Also considers nitrogen in humic substances, humic molecules and the interactions between humic and other substances.
S. Henin Versailles, France It was a pleasure for me to take part in the NATO Advanced Study Workshop for studies of 'Soil Colloids and their Associations in Soil Aggregates'. The meeting provided me with a welcome opportunity to renew acquaintances with respected colleagues in the various fields of Soil Science, to listen to their presentations, and be involved in discussions which were at the frontiers of the science which deals with the structures and the associations of the soil colloidal constituents. In my view the rapid advances in Soil Science, and the great benefits to agriculture from these, have their origins in the emerging understanding of the structures and the associations of ...
Based on the contributions given at a leading international conference, this volume concentrates on recent developments in the environmentally-friendly disposal of sludges and on the reawakened interest in composting which has emerged as a result of recent European directives.