Soil Amendments for Sustainability Challenges and Perspectives

This book focuses on the pros and cons of amendment materials to restore the functioning of soil resources. It presents a holistic overview on affected land revitalization, clean up and revegetation using these amendments that could be implemented in the long term management of the soil-plant-atmosphereanimal continuum.

Preface Acknowledgments Editors Contributors Section I Characterization and Concepts Chapter 1 Soil Amendments for Sustainable Intensification Suhas P. Wani, Girish Chander, and G. Pardhasaradhi Chapter 2 Clay Amendments for Environmental Clean-Up K.M. Manjaiah, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Neethu Narayanan, Binoy Sarkar, and S.C. Datta Chapter 3 Fertilizer Best Management Practices: Concepts and Recent Advances Hirak Banerjee, Krishnendu Ray, and Sudarshan Kr. Dutta Chapter 4 Digital Soil Science for Identification of Problem Soil Characteristics Shovik Deb and Somsubhra Chakraborty Chapter 5 Advanced Hyperspectral and X-Ray Fluorescence Sensors for Monitoring Contaminated Soils Somsubhra Chakraborty, David C. Weindorf, and D.P. Ray Chapter 6 Soil Physical Properties in Biochar Amended Soils: Challenges and Perspectives for Agronomic Implications D.N. Vidana Gamage, J. Delisle, B.A. Bissonnette, and A. Biswas Chapter 7 Biogeochemical Behavior of Arsenic in Biochar-Amended Soils 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 Richa Agnihotri, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Aketi Ramesh, Anil Prakash, and Mahaveer P. Sharma Chapter 9 Soil Amendments for Environmental Sustainability: Policy Recommendations and Future Prospects Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash, Ajeet Singh, Amitava Rakshit, and Vishal Tripathi Section II Management Strategies Chapter 10 Using Industry Wastes as Soil Amendments Simon Leake and Alisa Bryce Chapter 11 Biochar: An Anthropogenic Pyrogenic Amendment Santanu Mukherjee and Lutz Weihermüller Chapter 12 Application of Biochar as Soil Amendment: Theory and Practice Hrittick Biswas, M. Prabhavathi, S.L. Patil, Suresh Kumar, and A.S. Morade Chapter 13 Management of Fly Ash for Sustainable Soil Health A.K. Nayak, Debarati Bhaduri, Sangita Mohanty, Anjani Kumar, and Suman G. Sahu Chapter 14 Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum as Soil Amendment 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 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 Yanju Liu, Yubiao Li, Dawit Bekele, and Ravi Naidu Chapter 17 Fertilizer Value of Bio-Based Amendments Recovered from Digested Waste Céline Vaneeckhaute Chapter 18 Back to Basic Slags as a Phosphorus Source and Liming Material Chien-Ying Yang, Inka Reijonen, Hai Yu, Rajarathnam Dharmarajan, Balaji Seshadri, and Nanthi S. Bolan Chapter 19 Dry Olive Residue Used as Organic Amendment: Implications of Fungal Biotransformation and Soil Application José A. Siles, Mercedes García-Sánchez, Inmaculada García-Romera, and Inmaculada Sampedro Chapter 20 Effects of Industrial Wastewaters on Soil Sustainability and Environment 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 Manoj Shrivastava, Akansha Srivastav, Ravinder Kaur, Prashant Srivastava, and P.C. Srivastava Chapter 22 Alternative Soil Amendments for Organic Cultivation System B.B. Basak, Ajoy Saha, and Binoy Sarkar Chapter 23 Biochar Application for Sustainable Soil Quality: A Case Study in Tropical Urban Environment Subhadip Ghosh, Lai Fern Ow, and Mohamed Lokman Yusof Chapter 24 Vermicompost as Soil Amendment for Sustainable Land and Environment in Thailand 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 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 Prasann Kumar and Padmanabh Dwivedi Index

Amitava Rakshit, an IIT, Kharagpur alumnus is presently the faculty member in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University(IAS, BHU). Binoy Sarkaris a Senior Researcher at University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia. Purushothaman C. Abhilashis affiliated as an Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at IESD, BHU.