Soil Science (Textbook for the 21st Century)

Author: Lin Dayi
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book, excluding the introduction, consists of nineteen chapters. The first chapter focuses on geoscientific related to soil science; chapters 2 to 7 elaborate on soil minerals, soil organic matter, soil porosity, structure, and tillage, soil water, air, and thermal conditions, soil colloids and soil fertility, soil acidity and alkalinity, and redox reactions. Chapters 8 to 16 discuss soil genesis, classification, and distribution, as well as the soil-forming conditions, processes, and characteristics of major soil types in China. Chapter 17 explains the methods and content of general soil surveys, as well as key considerations for soil surveys tailored to specific purposes. Chapters 18 and 19 focus on soil degradation, soil quality, soil resource conservation, and the theory, methods, and techniques for soil resource utilization and improvement. Each chapter of the book is interconnected, and its content and structure are designed to align with the requirements of undergraduate education in higher agricultural and forestry institutions, emphasizing teaching adaptability, inspiration, structural completeness, correctness, and logicality. Soil science is a fundamental discipline in agricultural science and resource and environmental science. The development of soil science and the scientific and rational utilization of soil resources play a crucial role in national economic construction, particularly in agricultural, forestry, and pastoral production, as well as in improving the ecological environment. Therefore, this textbook is not only suitable for undergraduate students in agricultural and forestry disciplines at higher agricultural and forestry institutions but also for forestry, soil and water conservation, desertification prevention, land resource management, environmental science, grassland science, and landscape architecture, as well as for agricultural, forestry, water conservancy, ecological, and related technical personnel.