Problem Soils Constraints and Management

This is a unique book that deals with the problem soils, their constraints and management in the Indian context. The book starts with the introduction on problem soils and the classification of these soils are included there under. In India, there is wide spread occurrence of soils with different types of constraints for crop production. Such soils are popularly called as “Problem Soils”. Cultivation in these soils is not so easy as several problems have to be tackled during cultivation. It may be either soil droughtiness or acidity or salinity etc. An attempt has been made in this book to cover most of the problematic soils in India. The classification of problem soils has been done based on the limitations they possess and the most dominant limitation is taken into consideration for grouping it under a particular class. Here five broader classes have been identified viz., soils with climatic problems; soils with physical problems; soils with chemical problems; soils with biological problems and soils with problems due to anthropogenic reasons.

1. Problem Soils: An Introduction2. Soils With Climatic Problems 3. Soils With Physical Problems 4. Soils With Chemical Problems 5. Soils With Biological Problems 6. Soils With Problems Due To Anthropogenic Reasons (Degraded Soils)

K. C. Manorama Thampatti is the Head, Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala Agricultural University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She is a faculty of the Kerala Agricultural University since 1987. Her fields of research specialization are wet land chemistry, soil and water pollution assessment and mitigation, bioremediation of soil contaminants, and solid waste management. She has to her credit more than 50 research papers in peer reviewed international and national journals and three chapters in books.