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Soil Health and Its Biology

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The Soils of Egypt

Part of the book series: World Soils Book Series ((WSBS))

Abstract

It is well known that, the health of humans is mainly depends on the physical, social and nutrient factors. The health of humans requires safe, proper and sufficient supply of nutrients through the foods. This quality of foods mainly depends on the biology, fertility and quality of soils, in which crops were cultivated. Thus, the biology of soils has direct and/or indirect effects on the health of humans through the exposure to soils and their microorganisms, extract different medicines from soils and deficiency of nutrients through food chain. The biology of soils also has a close relationship with the nutrition of both plants and humans. Therefore, soil quality and its biology is a crucial issue towards sustainable agriculture. Thus, the main purpose of this book chapter is to emphasize the link between soil quality through its biology and human health. The great roles of soils in our life also will be highlighted.

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The research was financed by the Higher Education Institutional Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities in Hungary, within the framework of the biotechnology thematic program of the University of Debrecen”.

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    Tarek Alshaal & Hassan El-Ramady

  2. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

    Nevien Elhawat

  3. Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI), ARC, Sakha, Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt

    Sahar El-Nahrawy, Alaa El-Dein Omara, Tamer Elsakhawy & Azza Ghazi

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    Mohamed H. Abbas & Ihab M. Farid

  5. Genetic Engineering Division, Plant Biotechnology Department, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

    Neama Abdalla

  6. Agricultural Botany, Plant Physiology and Biotechnology Department, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

    Miklós Fári & Éva Domokos-Szabolcsy

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  2. Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

    Tarek Alshaal

  3. Soils and Water Use Department, Biological and Agricultural Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

    Noura Bakr

  4. Soils and Water Use Department, Biological and Agricultural Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

    Tamer Elbana

  5. Division of Agriculture Applications and Soil Science, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo, Egypt

    Elsayed Mohamed

  6. Division of Agriculture Applications and Soil Science, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), Cairo, Egypt

    Abdel-Aziz Belal

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Alshaal, T. et al. (2019). Soil Health and Its Biology. In: El-Ramady, H., Alshaal, T., Bakr, N., Elbana, T., Mohamed, E., Belal, AA. (eds) The Soils of Egypt. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95516-2_10

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