Kalpage, F.S.C.P. creator text xxu New York St. Martins Press c1974 monographic eng

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281 p.: ill.; 24cm. Contents: The Tropical environment -- Factors affecting soil formation -- Processes of soil formation -- Classification of tropical soils -- Profile features and fertility characteristics of the great soil groups -- Physical properties -- Nutrient supply: macro and secondary nutrients -- Nutrient supply: micronutrients -- Soil organic matter and soil organisms -- Soil use in the tropics -- Soil under shifting cultivation -- Soil under intensive upland arable cropping -- Flooded rice soils -- Plantation soils -- Tropical grassland soils -- Fertilizers in tropical soil fertility -- Glossary. F.S.C.P. Kalpage Includes index. Soils Tropics S599.9.T76 K34 120910