Table of Contents

Chapter Title
0 Foreword / Preface
1 Soil, Earth and Environment
Asif Naeem, Muhammad Sabir, Saifullah and Sadia Bibi
2 Concepts in Soil Genesis and Morphology
Shamsa Kanwal, Hamaad Raza Ahmad and Irshad Bibi
3 Soil Classification
Irshad Bibi, Hamaad Raza Ahmad, Shamsa Kanwal, Rob Fitzpatrick, Attar Khan Jarwar, Mahmood Sadiq and Nadeem Ahmad
4 Chemical Properties of Soils
Muhammad Sabir, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Saifullah and Zia-ul-Hassan Shah
5 Soil Microorganisms and Plant Growth
Hafiz Naeem Asghar, Rizwan Ahmad and Muhammad Javed Akhtar
6 Soil Physical Quality Indicators and Plant Growth
Anwar-ul-Hassan and Muhammad Iqbal
7 Plant Nutrients and Soil Fertility Management
Abdul Wakeel, Muhammad Yaseen, Muhammad Aamer Maqsood, Muhammad Sanaullah and Tariq Aziz
8 Soil Organic Matter: Significance, Sources and Functions
Muhammad Aamer Maqsood, Tariq Aziz, Muhammad Sabir, Abdul Wakeel, Muhammad Sanaullah and Muhammad Zia-Ur- Rehman
9 Salt-affected Soils: Sources, Genesis and Management
Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Farooq Qayyum, Saifullah, Muhammad Saqib and Javed Akhtar
10 Environmental Pollution and Management
Muhammad Javed Akhtar, Muhammad Usman, Nabeel Khan Niazi and Muhammad Ibrahim
11 Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration
Muhammad Sanaullah, Muhammad Saqib and Abdul Wakeel
12 Soil and Water Conservation
Safdar Bashir, Atif Javed, Irshad Bibi and Niaz Ahmad
22 Subject index