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Title: SPECIAL ISSUE: QUANTIFYING AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON SOIL PROPERTIES AND PROCESSES

Author
item Ahuja, Lajpat

Submitted to: Geoderma
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/1/2003
Publication Date: 9/1/2003
Citation: Ahuja, L.R. 2003. Special issue: quantifying agricultural management effects on soil properties and processes. Geoderma, Special Issue. Vol. 116, No. 1-2, pp. 1-248.

Interpretive Summary: The vision of this Special Issue is Quantifying and Modeling Agricultural Management Effects on Soil Properties and Processes - Essential for Developing Best Management Practices for the Environment and Production in the 21st Century. The issue presents the state-of-the-science research results and synthesis of knowledge on the subject, and intends to stimulate futher research in this area. Contibutions of a leading international group of scientists on various aspects of the subject also include many more needs and much greater challenges that lie ahead. Important areas of predictive research in the future are listed.

Technical Abstract: The vision of this Special Issue is Quantifying and Modeling Agricultural Management Effects on Soil Properties and Processes - Essential for Developing Best Management Practices for the Environment and Production in the 21st Century. The issue presents the state-of-the-science research results and synthesis of knowledge on the subject, and intends to stimulate futher research in this area. Contibutions of a leading international group of scientists on various aspects of the subject also include many more needs and much greater challenges that lie ahead. Important areas of predictive research in the future are listed.