Dedication v
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Volume 2 Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Analysis
1 Laboratory Methods for Soil Health Assessment: An Ove view 1
Steven R. Shafer, Douglas L. Karlen, Paul W. Tracy, Cristine L.S. Morgan, and C. Wayne Honeycutt
2 Sampling Considerations and Field Evaluations for Soil Health Assessment 17
Mark A. Liebig, Dennis Chessman, Jonathan J. Halvorson, and Roberto Luciano
3 Soil Organic Carbon Assessment Methods 38
Charles W. Rice, Carlos B. Pires, James Lin, and Marcos V. M. Sarto
4 Water-Stable Soil Aggregate Assessment 52
Maysoon M. Mikha and Skye Wills
5 Determination of Infiltration Rate and Bulk Density in Soils 69
Jalal D. Jabro and Maysoon M. Mikha
6 Chemical Reactivity: pH, Salinity and Sodicity Effects on Soil Health 78
Yaakov Anker, Vladimir Mirlas, Michael Zilberbrand, and Adi Oren
7 Nutrient Availability: Macro- and Micronutrients in Soil Quality and Health 109
James A. Ippolito
8 Assessment and Interpretation of Soil-Test Biological Activity 126
Alan J. Franzluebbers
9 Permanganate Oxidizable Carbon: An Indicator of Biologically Active Soil Carbon 152
Steve W. Culman, Tunsisa T. Hurisso, and Jordon Wade
10 Is Autoclaved Citrate-Extractable (ACE) Protein a Viable Indicator of Soil Nitrogen Availability? 176
Tunsisa T. Hurisso and Steve W. Culman
11 Metabolic Activity - Enzymes 194
Verónica Acosta-Martínez, Lumarie Pérez-Guzmán, Kristen S. Veum, Márcio R. Nunes, and Richard P. Dick
12 PLFA and EL-FAME Indicators of Microbial Community Composition 251
Kristen S. Veum, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, R. Michael Lehman, Chenhui Li, Amanda Cano, and Marcio R. Nunes
13 Microbial Community Composition, Diversity, and Function 289
D. K. Manter, J. M. Moore, R. M. Lehman, and A. K. Hamm
Epilogue 324
