Soil Amendments for Sustainability

Amitava Rakshit, an IIT, Kharagpur alumnus is presently the faculty member in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University(IAS, BHU).Binoy Sarkaris a Senior Researcher at University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia. Purushothaman C. Abhilashis affiliated as an Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at IESD, BHU.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsEditorsContributorsSection I Characterization and ConceptsChapter 1 Soil Amendments for Sustainable IntensificationSuhas P. Wani, Girish Chander, and G. PardhasaradhiChapter 2 Clay Amendments for Environmental Clean-UpK.M. Manjaiah, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Neethu Narayanan, Binoy Sarkar, and S.C. DattaChapter 3 Fertilizer Best Management Practices: Concepts and Recent AdvancesHirak Banerjee, Krishnendu Ray, and Sudarshan Kr. DuttaChapter 4 Digital Soil Science for Identification of Problem Soil CharacteristicsShovik Deb and Somsubhra ChakrabortyChapter 5 Advanced Hyperspectral and X-Ray Fluorescence Sensors for Monitoring Contaminated SoilsSomsubhra Chakraborty, David C. Weindorf, and D.P. RayChapter 6 Soil Physical Properties in Biochar Amended Soils: Challenges and Perspectives for Agronomic ImplicationsD.N. Vidana Gamage, J. Delisle, B.A. Bissonnette, and A. BiswasChapter 7 Biogeochemical Behavior of Arsenic in Biochar-Amended SoilsMuhammad 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 LüttgeChapter 8 Glomalin, the AM Fungi Secreted Soil Protein: Role in Sequestering Soil Carbon and Heavy Metal ReductionRicha Agnihotri, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Aketi Ramesh, Anil Prakash, and Mahaveer P. SharmaChapter 9 Soil Amendments for Environmental Sustainability: Policy Recommendationsand Future ProspectsPurushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash, Ajeet Singh, Amitava Rakshit, and Vishal TripathiSection II Management StrategiesChapter 10 Using Industry Wastes as Soil AmendmentsSimon Leake and Alisa BryceChapter 11 Biochar: An Anthropogenic Pyrogenic AmendmentSantanu Mukherjee and Lutz WeihermüllerChapter 12 Application of Biochar as Soil Amendment: Theory and PracticeHrittick Biswas, M. Prabhavathi, S.L. Patil, Suresh Kumar, and A.S. MoradeChapter 13 Management of Fly Ash for Sustainable Soil HealthA.K. Nayak, Debarati Bhaduri, Sangita Mohanty, Anjani Kumar, and Suman G. SahuChapter 14 Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum as Soil AmendmentDinesh Panday, Richard B. Ferguson, and Bijesh MaharjanChapter 15 Use of Zeolites in Agriculture: Effect of Addition of Natural Zeolite–Clinoptilolite and Compost on Soil Properties and Crop DevelopmentVictor Kavvadias, Zacharias Ioannou, Panagiotis Katsaris, Anna Kardimaki, Evagelia Vavoulidou, and Sideris TheocharopoulosChapter 16 The Environmental Evaluation of Applying Red Mud as Soil Amendment: A ReviewYanju Liu, Yubiao Li, Dawit Bekele, and Ravi NaiduChapter 17 Fertilizer Value of Bio-Based Amendments Recovered from Digested WasteCéline VaneeckhauteChapter 18 Back to Basic Slags as a Phosphorus Source and Liming MaterialChien-Ying Yang, Inka Reijonen, Hai Yu, Rajarathnam Dharmarajan, Balaji Seshadri, and Nanthi S. BolanChapter 19 Dry Olive Residue Used as Organic Amendment: Implications of Fungal Biotransformation and Soil ApplicationJosé A. Siles, Mercedes García-Sánchez, Inmaculada García-Romera, and Inmaculada SampedroChapter 20 Effects of Industrial Wastewaters on Soil Sustainability and EnvironmentPankaj Chowdhary, Sujata Mani, Ileana Pereda Reyes, and Ram Naresh BharagavaSection III Specialized Case StudiesChapter 21 Amendments for Heavy Metal Remediation in Contaminated SoilManoj Shrivastava, Akansha Srivastav, Ravinder Kaur, Prashant Srivastava, and P.C. SrivastavaChapter 22 Alternative Soil Amendments for Organic Cultivation SystemB.B. Basak, Ajoy Saha, and Binoy SarkarChapter 23 Biochar Application for Sustainable Soil Quality: A Case Study in Tropical Urban EnvironmentSubhadip Ghosh, Lai Fern Ow, and Mohamed Lokman YusofChapter 24 Vermicompost as Soil Amendment for Sustainable Land and Environment in ThailandChuleemas Boonthai Iwai, Aung Naing Oo, Ajcharawadee Kruapukdee, and Thammared ChuasavateeChapter 25 Nutrient Enrichment of Mine Spoil with Suitable Organic and Bio-Fertilizer Amendments as a Sustainable Technology for Eco RestorationSamrudhi Nayak and C.S.K. MishraChapter 26 Ameliorative Effects of Polyamines for Combating Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants Growing in Contaminated Sites with Special Reference to CadmiumPrasann Kumar and Padmanabh DwivediIndex