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Assessing and managing soil quality for sustainable agricultural systems

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2008

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This presentation was compiled as a class project presented at the Graduate seminar in the Soils department at the University of Missouri-Columbia. It sets forth the importance of monitoring soil quality and reducing soil degradation and erosion in the global context. The presentation also describes the basics of good soil quality and how these may be quantified.

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Soil degradation, Soil organic matter, Sustainable agriculture, Soil quality, Spectroscopic methods, Ecosystem

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Presented at the University of Missouri Graduate Seminar, Columbia, MO, 14 April 2008