1st Edition

Soil Amendments for Sustainability Challenges and Perspectives

    428 Pages 20 Color & 118 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    428 Pages 20 Color & 118 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This book focuses on the pros and cons of amendment materials to restore the functioning of soil resources. It presents a holistic overview on affected land revitalization, clean up and revegetation using these amendments that could be implemented in the long term management of the soil-plant-atmosphereanimal continuum.

    Preface

    Acknowledgments

    Editors

    Contributors

    Section I Characterization and Concepts

    Chapter 1 Soil Amendments for Sustainable Intensification

    Suhas P. Wani, Girish Chander, and G. Pardhasaradhi

    Chapter 2 Clay Amendments for Environmental Clean-Up

    K.M. Manjaiah, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Neethu Narayanan, Binoy Sarkar, and S.C. Datta

    Chapter 3 Fertilizer Best Management Practices: Concepts and Recent Advances

    Hirak Banerjee, Krishnendu Ray, and Sudarshan Kr. Dutta

    Chapter 4 Digital Soil Science for Identification of Problem Soil Characteristics

    Shovik Deb and Somsubhra Chakraborty

    Chapter 5 Advanced Hyperspectral and X-Ray Fluorescence Sensors for Monitoring Contaminated Soils

    Somsubhra Chakraborty, David C. Weindorf, and D.P. Ray

    Chapter 6 Soil Physical Properties in Biochar Amended Soils: Challenges and Perspectives for Agronomic Implications

    D.N. Vidana Gamage, J. Delisle, B.A. Bissonnette, and A. Biswas

    Chapter 7 Biogeochemical Behavior of Arsenic in Biochar-Amended Soils

    Muhammad Babar Javed, Sabry M. Shaheen, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Irshad Bibi, Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Tariq Javed, Noha E.E. Hassan, Jörg Rinklebe, Tariq Mehmood, and Andreas Lüttge

    Chapter 8 Glomalin, the AM Fungi Secreted Soil Protein: Role in Sequestering Soil Carbon and Heavy Metal Reduction

    Richa Agnihotri, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Aketi Ramesh, Anil Prakash, and Mahaveer P. Sharma

    Chapter 9 Soil Amendments for Environmental Sustainability: Policy Recommendations

    and Future Prospects

    Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash, Ajeet Singh, Amitava Rakshit, and Vishal Tripathi

    Section II Management Strategies

    Chapter 10 Using Industry Wastes as Soil Amendments

    Simon Leake and Alisa Bryce

    Chapter 11 Biochar: An Anthropogenic Pyrogenic Amendment

    Santanu Mukherjee and Lutz Weihermüller

    Chapter 12 Application of Biochar as Soil Amendment: Theory and Practice

    Hrittick Biswas, M. Prabhavathi, S.L. Patil, Suresh Kumar, and A.S. Morade

    Chapter 13 Management of Fly Ash for Sustainable Soil Health

    A.K. Nayak, Debarati Bhaduri, Sangita Mohanty, Anjani Kumar, and Suman G. Sahu

    Chapter 14 Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum as Soil Amendment

    Dinesh Panday, Richard B. Ferguson, and Bijesh Maharjan

    Chapter 15 Use of Zeolites in Agriculture: Effect of Addition of Natural Zeolite–Clinoptilolite and Compost on Soil Properties and Crop Development

    Victor Kavvadias, Zacharias Ioannou, Panagiotis Katsaris, Anna Kardimaki, Evagelia Vavoulidou, and Sideris Theocharopoulos

    Chapter 16 The Environmental Evaluation of Applying Red Mud as Soil Amendment: A Review

    Yanju Liu, Yubiao Li, Dawit Bekele, and Ravi Naidu

    Chapter 17 Fertilizer Value of Bio-Based Amendments Recovered from Digested Waste

    Céline Vaneeckhaute

    Chapter 18 Back to Basic Slags as a Phosphorus Source and Liming Material

    Chien-Ying Yang, Inka Reijonen, Hai Yu, Rajarathnam Dharmarajan, Balaji Seshadri, and Nanthi S. Bolan

    Chapter 19 Dry Olive Residue Used as Organic Amendment: Implications of Fungal Biotransformation and Soil Application

    José A. Siles, Mercedes García-Sánchez, Inmaculada García-Romera, and Inmaculada Sampedro

    Chapter 20 Effects of Industrial Wastewaters on Soil Sustainability and Environment

    Pankaj Chowdhary, Sujata Mani, Ileana Pereda Reyes, and Ram Naresh Bharagava

    Section III Specialized Case Studies

    Chapter 21 Amendments for Heavy Metal Remediation in Contaminated Soil

    Manoj Shrivastava, Akansha Srivastav, Ravinder Kaur, Prashant Srivastava, and P.C. Srivastava

    Chapter 22 Alternative Soil Amendments for Organic Cultivation System

    B.B. Basak, Ajoy Saha, and Binoy Sarkar

    Chapter 23 Biochar Application for Sustainable Soil Quality: A Case Study in Tropical Urban Environment

    Subhadip Ghosh, Lai Fern Ow, and Mohamed Lokman Yusof

    Chapter 24 Vermicompost as Soil Amendment for Sustainable Land and Environment in Thailand

    Chuleemas Boonthai Iwai, Aung Naing Oo, Ajcharawadee Kruapukdee, and Thammared Chuasavatee

    Chapter 25 Nutrient Enrichment of Mine Spoil with Suitable Organic and Bio-Fertilizer Amendments as a Sustainable Technology for Eco Restoration

    Samrudhi Nayak and C.S.K. Mishra

    Chapter 26 Ameliorative Effects of Polyamines for Combating Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants Growing in Contaminated Sites with Special Reference to Cadmium

    Prasann Kumar and Padmanabh Dwivedi

    Index

    Biography

    Amitava Rakshit, an IIT, Kharagpur alumnus is presently the faculty member in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University(IAS, BHU).

    Binoy Sarkaris a Senior Researcher at University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia.

    Purushothaman C. Abhilashis affiliated as an Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at IESD, BHU.