Soil Amendments for Sustainability

<p>This book focuses on the pros and cons of amendment materials to restore the functioning of soil resources. It presents a holistic overview on affected land revitalization, clean up and revegetation using these amendments that could be implemented in the long term management of the soil-plant-atmosphereanimal continuum.</p> <p>Preface</p><p>Acknowledgments</p><p>Editors</p><p>Contributors</p><p>Section I Characterization and Concepts</p><p>Chapter 1 Soil Amendments for Sustainable Intensification</p><p>Suhas P. Wani, Girish Chander, and G. Pardhasaradhi</p><p>Chapter 2 Clay Amendments for Environmental Clean-Up</p><p>K.M. Manjaiah, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Neethu Narayanan, Binoy Sarkar, and S.C. Datta</p><p>Chapter 3 Fertilizer Best Management Practices: Concepts and Recent Advances</p><p>Hirak Banerjee, Krishnendu Ray, and Sudarshan Kr. Dutta</p><p>Chapter 4 Digital Soil Science for Identification of Problem Soil Characteristics</p><p>Shovik Deb and Somsubhra Chakraborty</p><p>Chapter 5 Advanced Hyperspectral and X-Ray Fluorescence Sensors for Monitoring Contaminated Soils</p><p>Somsubhra Chakraborty, David C. Weindorf, and D.P. Ray</p><p>Chapter 6 Soil Physical Properties in Biochar Amended Soils: Challenges and Perspectives for Agronomic Implications</p><p>D.N. Vidana Gamage, J. Delisle, B.A. Bissonnette, and A. Biswas</p><p>Chapter 7 Biogeochemical Behavior of Arsenic in Biochar-Amended Soils</p><p>Muhammad Babar Javed, Sabry M. Shaheen, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Irshad Bibi, Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Tariq Javed, Noha E.E. Hassan, Jörg Rinklebe, Tariq Mehmood, and Andreas Lüttge</p><p>Chapter 8 Glomalin, the AM Fungi Secreted Soil Protein: Role in Sequestering Soil Carbon and Heavy Metal Reduction</p><p>Richa Agnihotri, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Aketi Ramesh, Anil Prakash, and Mahaveer P. Sharma</p><p>Chapter 9 Soil Amendments for Environmental Sustainability: Policy Recommendations</p><p>and Future Prospects</p><p>Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash, Ajeet Singh, Amitava Rakshit, and Vishal Tripathi</p><p>Section II Management Strategies</p><p>Chapter 10 Using Industry Wastes as Soil Amendments</p><p>Simon Leake and Alisa Bryce</p><p>Chapter 11 Biochar: An Anthropogenic Pyrogenic Amendment</p><p>Santanu Mukherjee and Lutz Weihermüller</p><p>Chapter 12 Application of Biochar as Soil Amendment: Theory and Practice</p><p>Hrittick Biswas, M. Prabhavathi, S.L. Patil, Suresh Kumar, and A.S. Morade</p><p>Chapter 13 Management of Fly Ash for Sustainable Soil Health</p><p>A.K. Nayak, Debarati Bhaduri, Sangita Mohanty, Anjani Kumar, and Suman G. Sahu</p><p>Chapter 14 Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum as Soil Amendment</p><p>Dinesh Panday, Richard B. Ferguson, and Bijesh Maharjan</p><p>Chapter 15 Use of Zeolites in Agriculture: Effect of Addition of Natural Zeolite–Clinoptilolite and Compost on Soil Properties and Crop Development</p><p>Victor Kavvadias, Zacharias Ioannou, Panagiotis Katsaris, Anna Kardimaki, Evagelia Vavoulidou, and Sideris Theocharopoulos</p><p>Chapter 16 The Environmental Evaluation of Applying Red Mud as Soil Amendment: A Review</p><p>Yanju Liu, Yubiao Li, Dawit Bekele, and Ravi Naidu</p><p>Chapter 17 Fertilizer Value of Bio-Based Amendments Recovered from Digested Waste</p><p>Céline Vaneeckhaute</p><p>Chapter 18 Back to Basic Slags as a Phosphorus Source and Liming Material</p><p>Chien-Ying Yang, Inka Reijonen, Hai Yu, Rajarathnam Dharmarajan, Balaji Seshadri, and Nanthi S. Bolan</p><p>Chapter 19 Dry Olive Residue Used as Organic Amendment: Implications of Fungal Biotransformation and Soil Application</p><p>José A. Siles, Mercedes García-Sánchez, Inmaculada García-Romera, and Inmaculada Sampedro</p><p>Chapter 20 Effects of Industrial Wastewaters on Soil Sustainability and Environment</p><p>Pankaj Chowdhary, Sujata Mani, Ileana Pereda Reyes, and Ram Naresh Bharagava</p><p>Section III Specialized Case Studies</p><p>Chapter 21 Amendments for Heavy Metal Remediation in Contaminated Soil</p><p>Manoj Shrivastava, Akansha Srivastav, Ravinder Kaur, Prashant Srivastava, and P.C. Srivastava</p><p>Chapter 22 Alternative Soil Amendments for Organic Cultivation System</p><p>B.B. Basak, Ajoy Saha, and Binoy Sarkar</p><p>Chapter 23 Biochar Application for Sustainable Soil Quality: A Case Study in Tropical Urban Environment</p><p>Subhadip Ghosh, Lai Fern Ow, and Mohamed Lokman Yusof</p><p>Chapter 24 Vermicompost as Soil Amendment for Sustainable Land and Environment in Thailand</p><p>Chuleemas Boonthai Iwai, Aung Naing Oo, Ajcharawadee Kruapukdee, and Thammared Chuasavatee</p><p>Chapter 25 Nutrient Enrichment of Mine Spoil with Suitable Organic and Bio-Fertilizer Amendments as a Sustainable Technology for Eco Restoration</p><p>Samrudhi Nayak and C.S.K. Mishra</p><p>Chapter 26 Ameliorative Effects of Polyamines for Combating Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants Growing in Contaminated Sites with Special Reference to Cadmium</p><p>Prasann Kumar and Padmanabh Dwivedi</p><p>Index</p>