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VII. Suggested Reading
Binkley D and R. Fisher. 2012. 
Ecology and Management of Forest Soils
(4
th
Edition), John
Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
Fisher RF, Binkley D and Pritchett WL. 2000. 
Ecology and Management of Forest Soils
. 3
rd
Ed.John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York.
Havlin 
et al.
2014. 
Soil Fertility and Fertilizers: An Introduction to Nutrient Management
(8
th
Edition), PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., Delhi.
Khan TO. 2013 
Forest Soils: Properties and Management
, Springer International Publishing,
Switzerland.
Pritchett and Fisher RF 1987. 
Properties and Management of Forest Soils
. John Wiley, New
York.
Reddy MV. 2001
. Management of Tropical Plantation Forests and Their Soil Litter System-
Litter, Biota and Soil Nutrient Dynamics.
Science Publishers, U.S.
Sadanandan Nambiar EK and Grown AG. (Eds.). 1997. 
Management of Soil, Nutrients and
Water in Tropical Plantation Forests
. ACIAR, CSIR and CIFOR, Australia.
Schulte A and Ruhiyat D. 1998. 
Soils of Tropical Forest Ecosystems
: 
Characteristics, Ecology,
and Management
. Springer Verlag,Berlin, New York.
Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture(s)
Theory
1.
Forest soils and vegetation development
01
2.
Physical properties of forest soils, Forest soil classification
01
3.
Soils of the major forest biomes – soils under different forest types –
tropical rainforest soils – moist deciduous forests – dry deciduous
01
4.
Soils and plant roots, Soil chemistry and nutrient uptake
01
5.
Soil organic matter – maintenance and buildup
01
6.
Biology of forest soils – role of microorganisms in ameliorating soils;
N and C cycles
01
7.
Forest biogeochemistry. Micorrhizae. Role of forests in conserving soils
01
8.
Nutrient transformation in soils
01
9.
Nitrogen fixation in tropical forest plantations: N
2
fixation process,
species, rates of N fixation, factors influencing N
2
fixation
01
10.
Nutrient cycling – comparison of plantation productivity – case studies
01
11.
Nutrition management: nutrient limitations, fertilization
01
12.
Soil carbon sequestration – processes and mechanisms
01
13.
Soil management for reforestation of salt affected soils, acid
soils, coastal soils
01
14.
Effects of fire on soilsand their properties
01
15.
Management of long term soil productivity – soil compaction and
erosion – harvest removal and nutrient budgeting
01
16.
Harvest effect on water quality – strategies for future management
01
Total
16
Practical
1.
Nutrient budgeting for different plantation systems,
5
2.
Quantification of physical and chemical soil constraints in plantation
and agroforestry systems,
6
3.
Evolving new strategies for soil and site development
5
Total
16

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Forestry–Silviculture and Agroforestry