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Developing a Soil Quality Index

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Indicators of Environmental Quality

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The possibility exists that a kind of “soil quality index” might be developed which would relate to the environmental impact of continuing or sustained use of chemical amendments in crop production or certain other land uses. Present concerns are mostly related to use of soluble fertilizers, including nitrogen and phosphorus; applications of weedicides and pesticides; and distribution of industrial and domestic wastes that may also include heavy metals in significant concentrations.

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  1. Department of Soil Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55101, USA

    Richard H. Rust, Russell S. Adams & William P. Martin (Professors amp; Head)

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  1. American Bar Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    William A. Thomas

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Rust, R.H., Adams, R.S., Martin, W.P. (1972). Developing a Soil Quality Index. In: Thomas, W.A. (eds) Indicators of Environmental Quality. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1698-5_19

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