Table Of ContentSoil Amendments for
Sustainability
Challenges and Perspectives
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Soil Amendments for
Sustainability
Challenges and Perspectives
Edited by
Amitava Rakshit
Binoy Sarkar
Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash
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Contents
Preface...............................................................................................................................................xi
Acknowledgments ..........................................................................................................................xiii
Editors ..............................................................................................................................................xv
Contributors .................................................................................................................................xvii
Section i characterization and concepts
Chapter 1 Soil Amendments for Sustainable Intensification ......................................................3
Suhas P. Wani, Girish Chander, and G. Pardhasaradhi
Chapter 2 Clay Amendments for Environmental Clean-Up ......................................................19
K.M. Manjaiah, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Neethu Narayanan,
Binoy Sarkar, and S.C. Datta
Chapter 3 Fertilizer Best Management Practices: Concepts and Recent Advances...................33
Hirak Banerjee, Krishnendu Ray, and Sudarshan Kr. Dutta
Chapter 4 Digital Soil Science for Identification of Problem Soil Characteristics .....................47
Shovik Deb and Somsubhra Chakraborty
Chapter 5 Advanced Hyperspectral and X-Ray Fluorescence Sensors for Monitoring
Contaminated Soils ....................................................................................................53
Somsubhra Chakraborty, David C. Weindorf, and D.P. Ray
Chapter 6 Soil Physical Properties in Biochar Amended Soils: Challenges
and Perspectives for Agronomic Implications ........................................................63
D.N. Vidana Gamage, J. Delisle, B.A. Bissonnette, and A. Biswas
Chapter 7 Biogeochemical Behavior of Arsenic in Biochar-Amended Soils .............................83
Muhammad Babar Javed, Sabry M. Shaheen, Nabeel Khan Niazi,
Irshad Bibi, Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Tariq Javed, Noha E.E. Hassan,
Jörg Rinklebe, Tariq Mehmood, and Andreas Lüttge
Chapter 8 Glomalin, the AM Fungi Secreted Soil Protein: Role in Sequestering Soil
Carbon and Heavy Metal Reduction ........................................................................105
Richa Agnihotri, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Aketi Ramesh, Anil Prakash,
and Mahaveer P. Sharma
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Chapter 9 Soil Amendments for Environmental Sustainability: Policy Recommendations
and Future Prospects ................................................................................................115
Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash, Ajeet Singh, Amitava Rakshit,
and Vishal Tripathi
Section ii Management Strategies
Chapter 10 Using Industry Wastes as Soil Amendments ........................................................125
Simon Leake and Alisa Bryce
Chapter 11 Biochar: An Anthropogenic Pyrogenic Amendment ...............................................145
Santanu Mukherjee and Lutz Weihermüller
Chapter 12 Application of Biochar as Soil Amendment: Theory and Practice ..........................159
Hrittick Biswas, M. Prabhavathi, S.L. Patil, Suresh Kumar, and A.S. Morade
Chapter 13 Management of Fly Ash for Sustainable Soil Health ...............................................175
A.K. Nayak, Debarati Bhaduri, Sangita Mohanty, Anjani Kumar,
and Suman G. Sahu
Chapter 14 Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum as Soil Amendment ..........................................191
Dinesh Panday, Richard B. Ferguson, and Bijesh Maharjan
Chapter 15 Use of Zeolites in Agriculture: Effect of Addition of Natural
Zeolite–Clinoptilolite and Compost on Soil Properties and Crop Development ........201
Victor Kavvadias, Zacharias Ioannou, Panagiotis Katsaris, Anna Kardimaki,
Evagelia Vavoulidou, and Sideris Theocharopoulos
Chapter 16 The Environmental Evaluation of Applying Red Mud as Soil Amendment:
A Review ................................................................................................................213
Yanju Liu, Yubiao Li, Dawit Bekele, and Ravi Naidu
Chapter 17 Fertilizer Value of Bio-Based Amendments Recovered from Digested Waste .......227
Céline Vaneeckhaute
Chapter 18 Back to Basic Slags as a Phosphorus Source and Liming Material .........................237
Chien-Ying Yang, Inka Reijonen, Hai Yu, Rajarathnam Dharmarajan,
Balaji Seshadri, and Nanthi S. Bolan
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Chapter 19 Dry Olive Residue Used as Organic Amendment: Implications of Fungal
Biotransformation and Soil Application ...................................................................251
José A. Siles, Mercedes García-Sánchez, Inmaculada García-Romera,
and Inmaculada Sampedro
Chapter 20 Effects of Industrial Wastewaters on Soil Sustainability and Environment ............269
Pankaj Chowdhary, Sujata Mani, Ileana Pereda Reyes,
and Ram Naresh Bharagava
Section iii Specialized case Studies
Chapter 21 Amendments for Heavy Metal Remediation in Contaminated Soil ........................285
Manoj Shrivastava, Akansha Srivastav, Ravinder Kaur, Prashant Srivastava,
and P.C. Srivastava
Chapter 22 Alternative Soil Amendments for Organic Cultivation System ...............................301
B.B. Basak, Ajoy Saha, and Binoy Sarkar
Chapter 23 Biochar Application for Sustainable Soil Quality: A Case Study in Tropical
Urban Environment ..................................................................................................313
Subhadip Ghosh, Lai Fern Ow, and Mohamed Lokman Yusof
Chapter 24 Vermicompost as Soil Amendment for Sustainable Land and Environment
in Thailand ...........................................................................................................321
Chuleemas Boonthai Iwai, Aung Naing Oo, Ajcharawadee Kruapukdee,
and Thammared Chuasavatee
Chapter 25 Nutrient Enrichment of Mine Spoil with Suitable Organic and Bio-Fertilizer
Amendments as a Sustainable Technology for Eco Restoration ..............................349
Samrudhi Nayak and C.S.K. Mishra
Chapter 26 Ameliorative Effects of Polyamines for Combating Heavy Metal Toxicity in
Plants Growing in Contaminated Sites with Special Reference to Cadmium .........363
Prasann Kumar and Padmanabh Dwivedi
Index ..............................................................................................................................................387
