This edited volume elucidates state-of-the-art information and provides new paradigms of
soil health-based pathways for sustaining plantation crops and diversified systems. The
book covers soil characteristics, soil fertility constraints, issues of soil contamination, the
impact of climate change on plantation soils, indicators of soil health and soil health
assessment, fertility management for healthy soils, soil amendments, soil biodiversity, and
biological functions and micro-biome as well as meta-genomic approach.Plantation crops …

Soil, the critical resource which forms the basis of all terrestrial life, is very vital in food
systems in view of the fact that sustainable agricultural production depends on the health,
quality and functionality of the soil. Enhancing and sustaining soil health are critical to the
health of plants, animals, people, environment and the planet. In the past century, the
intensification of agriculture using chemicals and fertilizers, though contributed to several
fold increase in production and productivity of crops, had adverse impact on soil quality and …