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Soil Fertility : A Guide to Organic and Inorganic Soil Amendments

Robert Parnes

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This book has four parts. The Frist part discusses the importance of organic residues to soil fertility and proposes an energy index for comparing organic and inorganic fertilizers; addresses the controversy regarding the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on food quality; and discusses options for determining fertilizer applications. The second part covers the range of organic fertilizers including unprocessed locally available residues and compost as well as cover crops; processed wastes; and commercial organic fertilizers. The third part has a chapter for each soil nutrient, except for a single chapter on trace elements. Each chapter describes the importance of the nutrient to the plant; its behavior in the soil; and common organic and inorganic fertilizers and application rates. The _nal part consists of four appendices which contain the only use of chemical and mathematical equations in the book. Appendix A is a collection of conversion xi Preface factors that may be useful. Appendix B presents the details of the argument behind the energy credit proposed for organic matter in Chapter 2. Appendix C calculations on the liming value and acidity of various fertilizers. Appendix D contains a derivation of graphs in _figure 7.1 showing the loss of organic matter in a composting process under different conditions.

1 Introduction

2 Essentials of Soil Fertility

2 1 Organic Matter and Biological Activity                         

 2 2 Air and Water                                                    

3 Food Quality

3 1 Summary                                                             

3 2 Food Quality                                                        

3 3 Organic Versus NPK Fertilizers                                  

3 4 E_ects of Environment and Culture on Quality                

4 Nutrient Requirements

4 1 Summary                                                          

4 2 Fertilizer Uptake                                                    

5 Soil Nutrient Supply

5 1 Summary                                                          

5 2 Methods Of Evaluating The Soil                                

5 3 A Survey Of Soils                                                  

II Organic Fertilizers

6 Unprocessed Residues

6 1 Summary                                                          

6 2 Animal Manure                                                    

6 3 Hay And Straw                                                    

6 4 Other Local Residues                                              

7 Compost

7 1 Summary                                                             

7 2 Hot Composting                                                    

7 3 Cold Composting                                                  

7 4 Manure In Compost                                                

7 5 Nutrient Value of Compost                                        

8 Other Organic Fertilizers

8 1 Summary                                                          

8 2 Cover Crops                                                        

8 3 Organic Byproducts                                                

8 4 Commercial Organic Products                                    

8 5 Soil Activators                                                      

III Nutrients and Fertilizers

9 Introduction to Part III

9 1 Summary                                                            

9 2 Fertilizer Blends                                                    

9 3 Cations and Anions                                                

10 Nitrogen

10 1 Summary                                                           

10 2 Nitrogen In The Plant                                              

10 3 Nitrogen In The Soil                                              

10 4 Nitrogen Fertilizers                                                 

11 Phosphorus

11 1 Summary                                                            

11 2 Phosphorus In The Plant                                          

11 3 Phosphorus In The Soil                                            

11 4 Phosphorus Fertilizers                                              

12 Potassium

12 1 Summary                                                            

12 2 Potassium In The Plant                                            

12 3 Potassium In The Soil                                             

12 4 Potassium Fertilizers                                              

13 Sulfur

13 1 Summary                                                            

13 2 Sulfur In The Plant                                                 

13 3 Available Sulfur                                                    

13 4 Sulfur Fertilizers                                                    

14 Calcium And Soil PH

 14 1 Summary                                                           

14 2 Calcium In The Plant                                            

14 3 Calcium In The Soil                                                

14 4 Soil PH And Cation Exchange                                  

14 5 Calcium Fertilizers                                                   

15 Magnesium

 15 1 Summary                                                            

15 2 Magnesium In The Plant                                          

15 3 Magnesium In The Soil                                             

15 4 Magnesium Fertilizers                                              

16 Micronutrients

16 1 Summary                                                            

16 2 Micronutrients In Plants                                           

16 3 Micronutrients In The Soil                                        

16 4 Sources Of Micronutrients                                        

IV Appendices A Conversion Factors

B The Energy Index C Acid And Basic Fertilizers

C 1 Cation Equivalents                                               

C 2 Liming Fertilizers                                                  

C 3 Acidifying Fertilizers                                             

 D Compost Losses

Glossary

Index

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