Soils and Fertilizers is a fully searchable abstracts database of internationally published research in soil science, fertilizers, soil and crop management which brings you the latest information on soil science, soil management, fertilizers, and environmental aspects of agriculture.

Derived from CAB Abstracts – the applied life sciences database – coverage includes soil chemistry, soil physics, soil biology, pedology, land resources, erosion, tillage, plant nutrition, hydrology, and environmental pollution aspects.

Each week Soils and Fertilizers delivers all the new highly-targeted, searchable summaries covering key English and non-English language journal articles, reports, conferences and books about soil science, soil management and plant nutrition. Over 55,000 records are added to the database each year.

Soil and Fertilizers includes a fully searchable backfile to 1973. Over 1,000,000 research summaries bring a wealth of current and seminal research in soils to your fingertips!

Soils and Fertilizers is updated weekly online; it is also available in print, delivered monthly.

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Agricultural machinery

Soils- and fertilizer-related aspects of agricultural equipment, including

• – tillage equipment
• – fertilizer application equipment

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  Cropping systems

  Soils- and fertilizer-related aspects of cropping systems including

• – agroforestry
• – farming systems
• – organic farming
• – agricultural operations such as burning
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• Earth sciences
• Earth sciences (geology, geomorphology, hydrology, water resources, climate and meteorology) are covered in so far as they influence

• – soil formation
• – land and water use and management

Environmental sciences and pollution

Environmental sciences related to land and water resources.

• – pollution of soil and water from natural and man-made sources
• – air pollution as it affects land resources
• – land degradation through mis-management
• – remediation of polluted soil and water
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• Fertilizer science and plant nutrition
• All aspects of fertilizer science, including:

• – fertilizer properties and application – including application rates and methods
• – fertilizer technology
• – fertilizers – economics and marketing
• – plant nutrition; plant water relations
• – mineral amendments; liming materials
• – potassium fertilizers
• – nitrogen fertilizers
• – phosphorus fertilizers
• – compound fertilizers
• – manures, composts and organic amendments
• – plant culture; soilless culture; crop management
• – plant health and protection – plant nutritional disorders, plant diseases (soil pathogens mostly) weeds, plant – pests, plant protection

 

Information systems, databases and collections

Including:

• – geographical information systems
• – remote sensing
• – soil
• – land or water related databases
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Irrigation and drainage

– irrigation and drainage management, systems, and water sources.

Land resources, land classification, land use and development

This section contains all aspects of soil and land resources including

• – mapping and surveying of land and soil resources (e.g. by remote sensing)
• – soil zonation
• – land types and their classification
• – land resources
• – land capability and land evaluation
• – land use, land use planning, land development
• – land management
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• Mathematics and statistics
• Models of soils and water-related processes, statistical analysis and computer techniques. 

 

Methods, techniques and analysis

• – soil
• – water
• – air
• – fertilizers
• – minerals
• – biological and microbiological materials

Natural sciences

Includes soils-related aspects of

• – plant ecology
• – ecosystems
• – natural vegetation
• – animal behavior as it affects soil and water

Plant ecology and ecosystems

Soils-related aspects of

• – plant ecology
• – ecosystems
• – natural vegetation

Reclamation and land improvement

Reclamation and improvement of arid and sand lands

• – industrial land
• – mine spoil
• – grasslands
• – moorland
• – wetlands
• – saline and alkaline soils

Soil and water conservation

Covers all aspects related to:

• – erosion control
• – land forming
• – revegetation
• – shelterbelts
• – soil conservation
• – water conservation
• – water harvesting

Soil biology

Meso and micro -faunal, -floral, and microbial activity in soil and responses to inputs. Includes

• – rhizospheres
• – soil enzymes
• – rhizobium species
• – nitrogen fixation in roots and free-living
• – biological associations (mycorrhizas, nodulation, symbiosis)
• – soil fauna and methods of enumerating soil organisms
• – quantifying soil biological and biochemical activity

Soil chemistry

Chemical processes and properties of soils and their organic and inorganic constituents. Includes

• – colloid chemistry
• – sorption and transport processes
• – cycling and losses from soil
• – soil pH
• – inorganic chemistry
• – soil solution chemistry
• – soil salinity
• – organic chemistry
• – soil mineral properties and methods used to determine these properties

Soil classification, soil types

Soil classification systems and soil types including

• – anthropogenic
• – cultural
• – ecological
• – genetic and textural soil types
• – soil sequences

Soil fertility

A coupling of soil chemistry, physics and biology in terms of sustaining beneficial soil properties. Covers all areas of soil fertility including

• – indexes of nutrient availability
• – soil suitability
• – soil test values
• – soil toxicity and mineral deficiency in soils
• – desertification
• – crop yields
• – soil quality
• – degradation of soil health through mis-management

Soil management

Covers:

• – cultivation methods
• – tillage
• – the use of mulches and cover crops

Soil morphology, formation and erosion

Covers:

• – soil macromorphology
• – soil micromorphology
• – humus forms
• – soil variability
• – soil formation and weathering
• – losses through soil erosion

Soil physics

Physics and physical properties of soil, including

• – soil water
• – soil air
• – soil structure
• – soil texture
• – soil temperature
• – electrical and magnetic properties of soils
• – colour

Waste engineering and technology

Land and water -related aspects of

• – waste disposal and landfills
• – hydraulic engineering issues such as for dams, reservoirs, irrigation channels etc.

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