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Approaches to Soil Health Analysis, Volume 1<br /><br /> <p>1 Soil Health: An Overview and Goals for These Volumes 1<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Douglas L. Karlen, Diane E. Stott, Maysoon M. Mikha, and Bianca N. Moebius-Clune</i></p> <p>2 Evolution of the Soil Health Movement 21<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Douglas L. Karlen, Mriganka De, Marshall D. McDaniel, and Diane E. Stott</i></p> <p>3 The Utility and Futility of Soil Health Assessment 49<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">John F. Obrycki and Lumarie Pérez-Guzmán</i></p> <p>4 Metadata: An Essential Component for Interpreting Soil Health Measurements 70<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jane M.-F. Johnson and Maysoon M. Mikha</i></p> <p>5 Soil Health Assessment of Agricultural Lands 79<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Diane E. Stott, Brian Wienhold, Harold van Es, and Jeffrey E. Herrick</i></p> <p>6 Soil Health Assessment of Forest Soils 100<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Felipe G. Sanchez, Ranjith P. Udawatta, Charles (Hobie) Perry, and Grizelle González</i></p> <p>7 A Risk-Based Soil Health Approach to Management of Soil Lead 139<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nicholas T. Basta, Alyssa M. Zearley, Jeffory A. Hattey, and Douglas L. Karlen</i></p> <p>8 The Future of Soil Health Assessments: Tools and Strategies 169<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kristen S. Veum, Marcio R. Nunes, and Ken A. Sudduth</i></p> <p><br />Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis, Volume 2</p> <p>1 Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Assessment: An Ove view 1<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Steven R. Shafer, Douglas L. Karlen, Paul W. Tracy, Cristine L.S. Morgan, and C. Wayne Honeycutt</i></p> <p>2 Sampling Considerations and Field Evaluations for Soil Health Assessment 17<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mark A. Liebig, Dennis Chessman, Jonathan J. Halvorson, and Roberto Luciano</i></p> <p>3 Soil Organic Carbon Assessment Methods 38<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Charles W. Rice, Carlos B. Pires, James Lin, and Marcos V. M. Sarto</i></p> <p>4 Water-Stable Soil Aggregate Assessment 52<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Maysoon M. Mikha and Skye Wills</i></p> <p>5 Determination of Infiltration Rate and Bulk Density in Soils 69<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jalal D. Jabro and Maysoon M. Mikha</i></p> <p>6 Chemical Reactivity: pH, Salinity and Sodicity Effects on Soil Health 78</p> <p><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Yaakov Anker, Vladimir Mirlas, Michael Zilberbrand, and Adi Oren</i></p> <p>7 Nutrient Availability: Macro- and Micronutrients in Soil Quality and Health 109<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">James A. Ippolito</i></p> <p>8 Assessment and Interpretation of Soil-Test Biological Activity 126<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alan J. Franzluebbers</i></p> <p>9 Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon: An Indicator of Biologically Active Soil Carbon 152<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Steve W. Culman, Tunsisa T. Hurisso, and Jordon Wade</i></p> <p>10 Is Autoclaved Citrate-Extractable (ACE) Protein a Viable Indicator of Soil Nitrogen Availability? 176<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tunsisa T. Hurisso and Steve W. Culman</i></p> <p>11 Metabolic Activity – Enzymes 194<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Verónica Acosta-Martínez, Lumarie Pérez-Guzmán, Kristen S. Veum, Márcio R. Nunes, and Richard P. Dick</i></p> <p>12 PLFA and EL-FAME Indicators of Microbial Community Composition 251<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kristen S. Veum, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, R. Michael Lehman, Chenhui Li, Amanda Cano, and Marcio R. Nunes</i></p> <p>13 Microbial Community Composition, Diversity, and Function 289<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">D. K. Manter, J. M. Moore, R. M. Lehman, and A. K. Hamm</i></p>

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