This handbook offers effective strategies to modify and adjust crop production processes to decrease the toxicity of soil contaminants, balance soil pH, improve root growth and nutrient uptake, and increase agricultural yield. The Handbook of Soil Acidity provides methods to, measure soil acidity, determine the major causes of soil acidification, c

Preface, Contributors, 1. Soil Acidification: The World Story, 2. Role of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Sulfur Cycles in Soil Acidification, 3. Role of Plant Cation/Anion Uptake Ratio in Soil Acidification, 4. Acid Inputs into the Soils from Acid Rain, 5. Quantifying the Acid Balance for Broad-Acre Agricultural Systems, 6. Modeling Acidification Processes in Agricultural Systems, 7. Using Geographic Information Systems (GISs) in Soil Acidification Risk Assessments, 8. Micro-and Macroscale Heterogeneity of Soil Acidity, 9. Measurements of H+ Fluxes and Concentrations in the Rhizosphere, 10. Toxic Elements in Acid Soils: Chemistry and Measurement, 11. Using Lime to Ameliorate Topsoil and Subsoi1 Acidity, 12. Role of Organic Matter in Alleviating Soild Acidity, 13. Fertility Management of Tropical Acid Soil for Sustainable Crop Production, 14. Role of the Genotype in Tolerance to Acidity and Aluminum Toxicity, 15. Managing Soil Acidification Through Crop Rotations in Southern Australia, 16. Managing Acidification and Acidity in Forest Soils, 17. Role of pH in Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils, Index