Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH: Principles and Management

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-1

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2. Overview Paper

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. Global extent, development and economic impact of acid soils

      • H. R. von Uexküll, E. Mutert

      Pages 5-19

3. Chemistry and Physics of Acid Soils

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Soluble aluminium in acidic soils: Principles and practicalities

      • G. S. P. Ritchie

      Pages 23-33

   3. Potential solid phases controlling dissolved aluminium and iron concentrations in acidic soils

      • K. J. Reddy, L. Wang, S. P. Gloss

      Pages 35-40

   4. Amelioration of aluminium phytotoxicity with organic matter

      • M. T. F. Wong, R. S. Swift

      Pages 41-45

   5. Chromatographic techniques for the separation of Al and associated organic ligands present in soil solution

      • G. L. Kerven, Z. Ostatek-Boczynski, D. G. Edwards, C. J. Asher, J. Oweczkin

      Pages 47-52

   6. Quantitative 27 AI NMR spectroscopic studies of Al (III) complexes with organic acid ligands and their comparison with GEOCHEM predicted values

      • G. L. Kerven, P. L. Larsen, L. C. Bell, D. G. Edwards

      Pages 53-57

   7. Aluminium reactions with polygalacturonate and related organic ligands

      • Z. Ostatek-Boczynski, G. L. Kerven, F. P. C. Blarney

      Pages 59-63

   8. Forms of extractable aluminium in Canadian acid soils and their relations to plant growth

      • Y. K. Soon

      Pages 65-70

   9. Phenolic acids in boreal peats from Finland and comparison with those from tropical and temperate areas

      • T. Katase

      Pages 71-74

   10. Rates and sources of acidification in agricultural systems of southern Australia

       • W. M. Porter, C. D. A. McLay, P. J. Dolling

       Pages 75-83

   11. Effects of long-term application of phosphate fertilisers on soil acidity under pasture in New Zealand

       • V. Manoharan, P. Loganathan, R. W. Tillman

       Pages 85-91

   12. A model for understanding the importance of various chemical, physical and biological processes in the development of soil profile acidity

       • J. B. Robinson, K. R. Helyar, Z. Hochman

       Pages 93-98

   13. Models for relating pH measurements in water and calcium chloride for a wide range of pH, soil types and depths

       • C. R. Ahern, D. E. Baker, R. L. Aitken

       Pages 99-104

   14. Long-term effects of ammonium nitrate application on soil pH, and micronutrients in soil and bromegrass hay

       • S. S. Malhi, M. Nyborg, J. T. Harapiak, D. J. Heaney

       Pages 105-110

   15. Nitrogen mineralisation and nitrification in acidic subsurface layers of soil

       • S. R. Young, A. S. Black, M. K. Conyers

       Pages 111-115

   16. Reactions buffering pH in acid soils treated with lime

       • K. R. Helyar, M. K. Conyers, A. M. Cowling

       Pages 117-123

   17. Phosphorus sorption of coal-mine soils in Galicia, NW Spain

       • M. L. Fernández Marcos, E. Alvarez Rodríguez, C. Monterroso

       Pages 125-128

The understanding of plant-soil interactions in acid soils is important for improved food production in many parts of the world. The context of the book touches on basic and applied aspects of the physics, chemistry and biology of acid soils and their effect on growth of plants. It contains a large section on management of acid soils for plant (food) production and on socioeconomic aspects of management of acid soils. This is important because a large portion of the world's acid soils occurs in less developed countries.
Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH: Principles and Management contains a substantial number of papers, including nine invited reviews, presented at the Third International Symposium of Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH. The major themes include chemistry and physics of acid soils, microbial and faunal activity in acid soils, mechanisms of acid tolerance of plants, selection and breeding of acid-tolerant plants, diagnosis and correction of acid soil infertility, socioeconomic aspects of acid soil management and management systems for agriculture, horticulture and forestry on acid soils.

• agriculture
• biology
• chemistry
• fauna
• fertility
• forest
• plant
• soil
• air pollution and air quality

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