Overview
- Covers a wide range of soil science from fundamental to applied studies
- Presents a continuum of studies from the molecular to global levels
- Includes studies in various climatic zones and soil types
Part of the book series: Progress in Soil Science (PROSOIL)
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Conference proceedings info: NCSH 2022.
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About this book
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines soil health as the continued capacity of soil to function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans, and healthy soil gives us clean air and water. Nitrogen is indispensable to support life on earth, including for food production, but it also causes environmental problems such as global warming and groundwater pollution. This book brings together novel aspects of soil nitrogen research that solve these problems, with a particular focus on soil health in intensive agricultural systems. The two main sections are: 1) Monitoring and understanding of soil nitrogen transformations to maintain soil health, and 2) Soil nitrogen management for soil health. Included topics are regulation of key nitrogen loads and processes such as nitrous oxide emissions, nitrate leaching, ammonia volatilization, denitrification, nitrogen fixation, nitrification, mineralization, their relationships with the soil microbial biomass, and impact of soil management practices for enhanced soil health and sustainability. This book includes selected papers presented at the symposium Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Health at the 2022 World Congress of Soil Science, which took place in Glasgow, U.K.
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Table of contents (12 papers)
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Monitoring and Understanding of Soil Nitrogen Transformations to Maintain Soil Health
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Soil Nitrogen Management for Soil Health
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Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Health
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ryusuke Hatano is an emeritus professor of Hokkaido University. He is a past president of the Japanese Society of Soil Physics (2010–2012), a past president of the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (2019–2021), a past chair of Commission 4.3 of the International Union of Soil Sciences (2011–2018), and a past chair of Division 2 of the International Union of Soil Sciences (2018–2022). He has published more than 240 peer-reviewed papers.
Elizabeth M. Baggs is Dean of Research for the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, and Professor of Food and Environmental Security at the University of Edinburgh. She has previously served as a president of the British Society of Soil Science and is a fellow of the Institute of Soil Science. Her expertise covers soil biogeochemistry, plant-soil interactions and environmental change, in managed and natural systems. Specific focus is on soil carbon and greenhouse gas emissions to inform appropriate management strategies. She has led numerous international research collaborations, and has held a variety of strategic leadership roles.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nitrogen Cycling and Soil Health
Editors: Ryusuke Hatano, Elizabeth M. Baggs
Series Title: Progress in Soil Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-1132-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-96-1131-7Published: 14 March 2025
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-96-1134-8Due: 28 March 2026
eBook ISBN: 978-981-96-1132-4Published: 13 March 2025
Series ISSN: 2352-4774
Series E-ISSN: 2352-4782
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 235
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Environment, general, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics