THE CHEMISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
CONTENTS AGRICULTURE, SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE IN INDIAN ECONOMY ROLE OF SOIL IN SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE IN INDIA THREAT TO SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF SOIL POLLUTION REFERENCES SOIL AND ITS ROLE IN THE ECOSYSTEM PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOILS SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTY SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AND ITS ROLE IN SOIL PRODUCTIVITY NATURE AND AMOUNT OF SOIL ORGANIC MATTER HUMIC SUBSTANCES ORGANISMS IN SOIL AND THEIR ACTIVITIES MACROORGANISMS IN SOIL MICROORGANISMS IN SOIL SOIL FORMING PROCESSES TYPES OF SOIL AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION SOIL ORDER MAJOR SOIL TYPES OF INDIA MAJOR SOIL TYPES UNDER DIFFERENT AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES (AEZ) OF THE COUNTRY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOIL AND VEGETATION AND CONCEPT OF TOP SOIL IMPACTS OF SOIL POLLUTION AND THEIR ASSESSMENT LOSS OF CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND CROP DIVERSITY FARMER’S INTERACTION/SURVEY CROP CUTTING SURVEY USE OF SATELLITE IMAGERY DECLINE IN NUTRIENT USE EF?CIENCY MEASUREMENT IN DECLINE IN NUTRIENT USE EF?CIENCY (NUE) QUALITY OF FOOD: VEGETABLE, FRUIT AND GRAIN PRODUCE QUALITY ASSESSMENT METHOD CONTAMINATION OF FOOD WITH TOXIC COMPOUNDS LIKE HEAVY METALS IDENTI?CATION OF CONTAMINATION OF FOOD WITH HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATION BEYOND THE PERMISSIBLE LIMITS OF GOVERNMENT QUALITY CONTROL REGULATIONS REJECTION OF EXPORT CONSIGNMENT SOIL HARDNESS/COMPACTION MEASUREMENT OF SOIL HARDNESS DECREASE IN AVAILABLE SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT TENSIOMETER GRAVIMETRIC METHOD WATERLOGGING DUE TO POOR IN?LTRATION IMPACTS ON SOIL FERTILITY PARAMETERS SOIL PH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY (EC) SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO (SAR) BULK DENSITY (BD) AVAILABLE MAJOR AND MICRO NUTRIENTS SOIL ORGANIC MATTER AVAILABLE AND TOTAL HEAVY METALS CONTENTS SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITY NITROGEN FIXATION CAPACITY MICROBIAL DIVERSITY MEASUREMENT SOIL QUALITY ASSESSMENT COMPUTATION OF SOIL QUALITY INDEX FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CAPACITY OF SOIL TO PRODUCE AND SUSTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY MAJOR INSTANCES OF SOIL CONTAMINATION IN THE WORLD AND THEIR IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT THE LOVE CANAL TRAGEDY CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER CADMIUM CONTAMINATION OF SOILS IN CHINA THERMAL POWER PLANT DISASTER SEVESO DISASTER (CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING PLANT) ORGANIC POLLUTANTS CONTAMINATION FROM PCB MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AT BRESCIA (ITALY) SOIL CONTAMINATION AT PALMERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, USA DUE TO ZINC SMELTER SOIL CONTAMINATION AT NOYELLES-GODAULT, FRANCE DUE TO LEAD SMELTER ITAI-ITAI DISEASE IN JAPAN DUE TO CADMIUM POLLUTION RED MUD DISASTER IN HUNGARY MAJOR INORGANIC POLLUTANTS AFFECTING SOIL AND CROP QUALITY UNDERSTANDING SOIL CONTAMINATION AND HUMAN HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SOIL POLLUTION RISKS RELATED TO ONE SOIL POLLUTANT RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE POLLUTANTS IN SOIL INORGANIC POLLUTANTS SODIUM, SALINITY AND SODICITY HEAVY METALS AND METALLOIDS HEAVY METALS TOXICITY IN SOIL MICROORGANISMS HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS OF HEAVY METALS TRANSFER OF HEAVY METALS IN THE FOOD CHAIN AND THEIR BIOCONCENTRATION ORGANIC POLLUTANTS ORGANIC POLLUTANTS ENTRY IN SOIL, ITS UPTAKE BY PLANT AND FOOD CHAIN CONTAMINATION PESTICIDES PAHS OTHER PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS) DYE POLLUTANTS ANTIBIOTICS CONTAMINATION IN SOIL AND THEIR IMPACT COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF POLLUTED SOIL FOR ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT SAMPLING PATTERN SELECTION SAMPLING BASED ON NON-STATISTICAL APPROACH STATISTICAL APPROACH SAMPLING UNCERTAINTY NUMBER OF SAMPLES TO BE COLLECTED SAMPLING INSTRUMENTS SAMPLING SURFACE SOILS WITH A TROWEL/SPADE AND HAND SCOOP SAMPLING SURFACE SOILS WITH A HAND AUGER SAMPLING SUBSURFACE SOILS WITH A DRILL RIG PREVENTING SAMPLE CROSS-CONTAMINATION SOIL SAMPLE COLLECTION FROM PRO?LE COMPOSITE SAMPLING REFERENCE SOIL COLLECTION FOR TESTING SAMPLE IDENTI?CATION/CODING SAMPLE PRESERVATION, CONTAINERS, HANDLING, AND STORAGE PREPARATION OF SOIL SAMPLES PREPARATION OF SOIL SAMPLES FOR MICROBIAL TESTING PREPARATION OF SOIL SAMPLES FOR TOXICITY TESTING PREPARATION OF SOIL SAMPLES FOR PLANT AVAILABLE NUTRIENT TESTING SAMPLING PLAN CHECKLIST ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATION IN SOIL PRESENCE OF HEAVY METALS IN NATURAL SOIL CONCEPT OF BASELINE CONCENTRATIONS OF METALS IN SOIL BASELINE CONCENTRATIONS DETERMINED FOR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION AROUND INDUSTRIAL CONGREGATIONS ASSESSMENT OF RISKS TO ORGANISMS DUE TO HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATION IN SOILS SOIL–PLANT PARTITION COEF?CIENT OR TRANSFER FACTOR BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR (BAF) RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CONTAMINATED SOIL ON HUMAN HEALTH HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT FOR HEAVY METALS FROM CONTAMINATED FOOD REGULATION IN RESPECT OF HEAVY METALS ENTRY INTO THE AGRICULTURAL LAND HEAVY METAL LOADING LIMITS IN SOIL USEPA APPROACH OF CALCULATING LOADING LIMITS OF HEAVY METALS DETERMINATION OF MAXIMUM SAFE CONCENTRATION LIMITS OF HEAVY METALS BASED ON SENSITIVE SCENARIO SOIL TESTING FOR HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATED LAND FACTORS IN?UENCING PHYTOAVAILABILITY OF HEAVY METALS SOIL TESTING FOR HEAVY METALS SOIL TEST SCREENING LEVELS OF HEAVY METALS FOR ASSESSMENT OF TOXICITY IN AN AGRO-ECOSYSTEM URBAN ACTIVITIES IN INDIA LEADING TO SOIL POLLUTION URBAN SOLID WASTES AND THEIR USE IN AGRICULTURE MUNICIPAL OR URBAN SOLID WASTES GENERATION COMPOSITION OF MSW EXISTING METHODS OF MSW MANAGEMENT IN INDIA COMPOSTING METHODS FOLLOWED IN INDIAN CITIES QUALITY OF MSW COMPOSTS PREPARED IN INDIA IMPACT OF MSW COMPOST ON SOIL AND CROP QUALITY USE OF URBAN WASTEWATER IN AGRICULTURE WASTEWATER GENERATION AND TREATMENT CAPACITY: A META-ANALYSIS IMPACT OF URBAN WASTE WATER ON SOIL QUALITY CARBONACEOUS COMPONENTS IN UWW AND ITS IMPACT ON SOIL PROCESSES NUTRIENT POTENTIAL OF SEWAGE WATER PLANT NUTRIENT RECOVERY FROM UWW ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN DUE TO USE OF UWW FOR IRRIGATION TO CROP USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN AGRICULTURE NUTRIENT POTENTIAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE HEAVY METALS IN SEWAGE SLUDGE ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN SEWAGE SLUDGE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IN INDIA AND THEIR IMPACT ON AGROECOSYSTEM MINING INDUSTRIES IN INDIA THERMAL POWER PLANTS CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CHLOR-ALKALI INDUSTRIES TANNERY INDUSTRIES PESTICIDE INDUSTRIES PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZER INDUSTRY IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY COPPER RE?NERIES AND SMELTERS ZINC AND LEAD SMELTING INDUSTRY PAPER INDUSTRY MOLASSES BASED DISTILLERY INDUSTRY LEATHER INDUSTRY TEXTILE INDUSTRY MERCURY EMISSION/DISCHARGE IN INDIA IMPACT OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS ON SOIL FERTILITY IMPACT OF MINING ACTIVITIES ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) AND ITS IMPACT ON SOIL HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION AND LEACHING POLLUTION DUE TO PROCESSING CHEMICALS EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION IMPACTS DUE TO SMELTING INDUSTRY IMPACTS DUE TO TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IMPACTS OF PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY ON SOIL QUALITY IMPACT OF PESTICIDE INDUSTRY ON AGROECOSYSTEM IMPACT OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS IMPACT OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IMPACT OF HYDROPOWER INDUSTRY IMPACT OF DISTILLERY INDUSTRY IMPACT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS STATUS OF SOIL POLLUTION IN INDIA LAND USE PATTERN IN INDIA SOIL DEGRADATION IN INDIA SOIL POLLUTION DUE TO ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES ENTRY OF SODIUM INTO ECOSYSTEM AND INCREASE IN SOIL SALINITY AND SODICITY ENTRY OF HEAVY METALS IN SOIL INSTANCES OF POLLUTION FROM INDUSTRIAL EF?UENTS RATLAM INDUSTRIAL AREA, MADHYA PRADESH NAGDA INDUSTRIAL AREA, MADHYA PRADESH PITHAMPUR (DHAR) INDUSTRIAL AREA, MADHYA PRADESH PATANCHERU INDUSTRIAL AREA, MEDAK DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH ZINC SMELTING AREA IN UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN SOIL AND WATER POLLUTION BY TEXTILE INDUSTRIES IN PALI, RAJASTHAN KORBA (CHHATTISGARH) INDUSTRIAL AREA TIRUPPUR INDUSTRIAL AREA, TAMIL NADU COIMBATORE INDUSTRIAL AREA, TAMIL NADU KATEDAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA IN SOUTH OF HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH INDUSTRIAL AREA AT THANE REGION OF MAHARASHTRA MANALI INDUSTRIAL AREA IN CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU KANPUR-UNNAO INDUSTRIAL AREA OF GANGA PLAIN, UTTAR PRADESH CHROMIUM POLLUTION IN SOILS AROUND VELLORE TANNERY INDUSTRIES, TAMIL NADU MERCURY POLLUTION IN THE VICINITY OF CHLOR-ALKALI PLANT AT GANJAM, ORISSA FLUORIDE CONTAMINATION IN SOIL AND PLANT IN THE VICINITY OF ALUMINIUM SMELTER PLANT AT ANGUL, ORISSA LEAD POLLUTION IN SOME INDUSTRIAL CITIES OF CHHATTISGARH HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN AGRICULTURAL SOILS AND PLANTS IN PERI URBAN AREAS OF SOME CITIES IN GUJARAT IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL EF?UENT FORM VISAKHAPATNAM CITY ON SOIL AND PLANTS EFFECT OF CEMENT KILN DUST POLLUTION OF HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION IN SOILS SOIL POLLUTION IN MINING AREAS COAL MINES IMPACT IN EASTERN INDIA COPPER MINES IMPACT CHROMITE MINING IMPACT ARSENIC TOXICITY NEAR GOLD MINING AREA OF KARNATAKA AERIAL DEPOSITION OF HEAVY METALS ON LAND RISK TO THE PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURE WITH ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION POLLUTION AROUND MUNICIPAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTE DUMPSITES SOIL CONTAMINATION DUE TO AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IMPACT OF FERTILIZER USE ON HEAVY METAL BUILD-UP IN AGRICULTURAL LAND SOIL POLLUTION THROUGH USE OF GEOGENICALLY CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER USE OF ARSENIC (AS) CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER FOR IRRIGATION USE OF SELENIUM CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER FOR IRRIGATION ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES INDISCRIMINATE USE OF PESTICIDES AND INSECTICIDES ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF OTHER ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES REMEDIATION AND MANAGEMENT OF POLLUTED SITES ENGINEERING APPROACHES ISOLATION AND CONTAINMENT EXCAVATION AND LAND?LLING VITRI?CATION IN-PLACE STABILIZATION/IMMOBILIZATION SOIL WASHING THERMAL TREATMENT ELECTRO-RECLAMATION CHEMICAL APPROACHES RED-MUD AND STEEL SHOT WASTE CLAYS AND ALUMINUM PILLARED CLAYS ZEOLITES COAL ASHES PHOSPHATE MINERALS ALKALINE MATERIALS BIOCHAR ORGANIC MATTER BIOLOGICAL APPROACHES MICROORGANISM BASED TECHNIQUES PHYTOREMEDIATION OF SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH TRACE ELEMENTS DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN SOIL DEGRADATION OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) IN SOIL DEGRADATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS) DEGRADATION OF DYE POLLUTANTS DEGRADATION OF ANTIBIOTICS IN SOIL APPLICATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR REMEDIATION OF POLLUTED SOIL INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF POLLUTED SOIL AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS IN?UENCING REMEDIATION OF POLLUTED LAND EXAMPLES OF MAJOR SOIL REMEDIATION PROJECTS HOMEBUSH BAY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA ZINC SMELTER-CONTAMINATED SITES AT PALMERTON, USA LOVE CANAL AT NEW YORK, USA PHYTOREMEDIATION OF METAL MINED SOILS PHYTOREMEDIATION OF SOIL CD CONTAMINATION IN JAPAN PHYTOREMEDIATION OF ARSENIC (AS) CONTAMINATED PADDY SOILS REMEDIATION OF RADIONUCLIDES CONTAMINATED LAND NEAR CHERNOBYL, RUSSIA SOIL PROTECTION POLICY LAND RELATED NATIONAL POLICIES TOWARDS FOOD SECURITY FOCUS OF NATIONAL POLICIES ON PROTECTION OF LAND RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACTS AND RULES NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 2006 (NEP 2006) NEED FOR SOIL PROTECTION POLICY BASIC FUNCTIONS OF SOIL THREATS TO SOIL AND ISSUES OF SOIL PROTECTION KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE FORMULATION OF SOIL PROTECTION POLICY REFERENCE