This book will address the importance of the soil management
concept, vis-Ă -vis chemical fertilizer use on soil.
Historically, soil testing has been used to quantify bio
availability of plant nutrients to field grown crops. However,
contemporary soil tests are based on philosophies and procedures
developed several decades ago without significant changes in their
general approach. For a soil test to be accurate, one needs to
clearly understand the physico-chemico-physiologic processes at the
soil-plant root interface, and, an understanding of soils and plant
root systems as polycationic systems is essential. It is this
knowledge that leads to sound prescriptive soil management
practices inasmuch as nutrient bioavailability vis-Ă -vis
chemical fertilizers application is concerned, because, of all the
factors that govern sustainability of crop production, the nutrient
factor is the most important, yet, it is also the least resilient
to effective management. The author’s research spanning over
three decades in Europe, Africa and Asia, establishes the fact that
precise quantification of the nutrient’s “buffer power” holds
the key to a clear understanding of the plant bioavailability of
some of the most important plant nutrients in crop production, such
as, phosphorus, potassium and zinc. “The Nutrient Buffer Power
Concept” attempts to clearly explain the bio availability of the
three plant nutrients named above on the basis of the diffusion
model, as that is the process by which these three important
principal plant nutrients are absorbed from the soil by the plant
root. Possibly, other plant nutrients which are taken up by the
plant roots by the same diffusive model, would also conform to the
principles of the concept. A thorough knowledge of thermodynamic
principles on the part of the researcher is an absolute pre
requisite for this.  The book chronicles more than
three decades of the professional journey of the author in Europe,
Africa and Asia, understanding soil for human sustenance, and
developing the revolutionary soil management concept, now globally
known as, "The Nutrient Buffer Power Concept" , which
has brought the author a string of international recognitions,
including the nomination for the "Alternative Nobel Prize" (The
Right Livelihood Award),of Sweden, and succour to millions to poor
and marginal farmers across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
General
Imprint: |
Springer International Publishing AG
|
Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
Series: |
SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
48 |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2023 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-131412-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
3-03-131412-3 |
Barcode: |
9783031314124 |
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