ABSTRACT

Soil health is critical to agricultural sustainability. This book discusses the nature of soil health and management techniques to maintain and enhance soil health. The chapters in Part 1 give an overview of the different aspects of soil health, whilst Parts 2 and 3 cover many aspects of soil-based activities which impact on plant/soil interactions. Chapters in Volume 2 in this collection then review ways of monitoring and managing to soils to maintain their health. This chapter will not attempt to reiterate the material covered in the other chapters, but will give an overview of some specific plant/root interactions within many of the soil health aspects discussed elsewhere in the book.