Booker Tropical Soil Manual: A Handbook for Soil Survey and Agricultural Land Evaluation in the Tropics and Subtropics

by J.R. Landon

Overview

First published in 1991. This is a more portable version of the Booker Tropical Soil Manual, in which the format (and weight) of the first edition have been reduced whilst retaining as much as possible of the original clarity. It also includes new content and appendices that cover the revised FAO publications on soil classification and on water quality for agriculture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582005570
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/29/1991
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	530
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

J.R. Landon

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION 2 TYPES OF LAND RESOURCE FIELD STUDIES 3 SURVEY ORGANISATION AND PRACTICE 4 CLASSIFICATION AND MAPPING OF SOILS 5 LAND EVALUATION 6 SOIL PHYSICS 7 SOIL CHEMISTRY 8 SOIL AND WATER SALINITY AND SODICITY 9 SOIL AND LAND SUITABILITY REPORTS AND MAPS