Soil Quality in Vegetable and Small Fruit Production

Bulletin 898

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Publications

Building Soils for Better Crops. 2nd Ed. 2000. F. Magdoff and H. van Es. Sustainable Agriculture Network. Handbook Series. Book 4. 240 pp.

Conservation Tillage for Vegetables. 2000. Proceedings of the Workshop, presented at the 1998 meetings of the American Society for Horticultural Science, July 11­16, 1998, Charlotte, N.C. HortTechnol 9:349-393.

Managing Cover Crops Profitably. 2nd Ed. 1998. Sustainable Agriculture Network. Handbook Series. Book 3. 212 pp.

Methods for Assessing Soil Quality. 1996. J. Doran and A. Jones, Eds. Soil Science Society of America. SSSA Special Publication No. 49.

Nutrient Cycling and Maintaining Soil Fertility. 2000. P. Bierman. The Ohio State University Centers at Piketon. SWR-3. 15 pp.

Ohio Soil Health Card. 1999. P. Bierman, N. Widman, and R. Gehring, Eds. The Ohio State University Centers at Piketon. SWR-1. 4 pp.

Soil Biology Primer. 1999. Soil Quality Institute, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service. Bulletin PA-1637. 50 pp.

Soil Management. 1997. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Best Management Practices Series. 68 pp.

Soil Quality Information Sheets. National Soil Survey Center in cooperation with the Soil Quality Institute, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service and the National Soil Tilth Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service.

Soil Quality Introduction (1996)

Indicators for Soil Quality Evaluation: Organic Matter (1996), Aggregate Stability (1996), Soil Crusts (1996), pH (1998), Infiltration (1998).

Soil Quality Resource Concerns: Soil Erosion (1996), Compaction (1996), Sediment Deposition on Cropland (1996), Salinization (1998), Pesticides (1998), Available Water Capacity (1998), Soil Biodiversity (1998).

The Soil Management Series. 2000. Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture; Soil Quality Institute, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service; University of Minnesota Extension Service. PC-7398-S (complete series).

Soil Management (BU-7399). 21 pp.

Compaction (BU-7400). 17 pp.

Manure Management (BU-7401). 17 pp.

Organic Matter Management (BU-7402). 17 pp.

Soil Biology and Soil Management (BU-7403). 17 pp.

Websites

A slide set related to this bulletin is located at:
http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/kleinhenz/

Soil and Water Resources Program, The Ohio State University Centers at Piketon:
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~prec/soil/

NRCS Soil Quality Institute:
http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/

Soil Health Slide Show, Northeast Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program:
http://www.uvm.edu/~nesare/slide.html