The content of this book is structured around basic soil concepts, beginning with the significance of soil in our everyday lives and progressing through soil formation, the physical and chemical properties of soils, and the role soil and the earth play in environmental management today and in the future.

1 Introduction
2 Rocks and Minerals
3 Weathering and Soil Formation
4 Soil Forming Factors
5 Soil Forming Processes
6 Soil Classification
7 Soil Survey and Mapping
8 Soils of India
9 Phases of Soils
10 Physical Properties of Soil
11 Soil Texture
12 Soil Structure
13 Soil Consistency
14 Densities of Soil
15 Soil Colour
16 Soil Temperature
17 Soil Air
18 Soil Moisture
19 Soil Colloids
20 Ion Exchange
21 Problem Soils
22 Soil Physical Constraints
23 Quality of Irrigation Water
24 Essential Nutrients
25 Soil Fertility and Its Evaluation
26 Fertilizers and Bio-fertilizers
27 Soil Organic Matter
28 Soil Organisms
29 Organic Farming
30 Soil Pollution
31 Soil Erosion and Conservation
32 Soil Quality
Appendix
Glossary
Model Questions
References