**Meet the editor**

Roland Nuhu Issaka is a Senior Research Scientist at CSIR-Soil Research Institute of Ghana. He holds a Doctorate Degree in Soil Science from Tottory University, Japan. He was at Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences in Ishigaki for one year at post-doctoral studies. Dr. Issaka is a Soil Fertility Agronomist. His research focuses on soil fertility, erosion control and

water management. He has published more than 20 peer-review scientific publications, over 50 technical reports and several chapters in books. He is a co-author of the textbook The "Sawah" System of Rice Production.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Biological Processes and Integration of Inorganic and Organic Fertilizers for Soil Fertility Improvement 1**

Chapter 1 **Enhancing Soil Fertility for Cereal Crop Production Through**

Chapter 2 **Improvement of Soil Fertility with Use of Indigenous Resources in Lowland Rice Systems 33**

**Pastures of Mexico 45**

**Chemometrics 83**

Chapter 5 **Plant Analysis 115**

Rodríguez and Eliazar Ocaña-Zavaleta

Chapter 4 **Nutrient Balance as Paradigm of Soil and Plant**

Renato de Mello Prado and Gustavo Caione

**Biological Practices and the Integration of Organic and In-Organic Fertilizers in Northern Savanna Zone of Ghana 3** James M. Kombiok, Samuel Saaka J. Buah and Jean M. Sogbedji

Satoshi Nakamura, Roland Nuhu Issaka, Israel K. Dzomeku,

Eric Owusu Adjei, Joseph A. Awuni and Satoshi Tobita

Chapter 3 **Soil Management for the Establishment of the Forage Legume**

**Section 2 Improving Fertilizer Recommendation and Efficiency 81**

**Arachis pintoi as a Mean to Improve Soil Fertility of Native**

Braulio Valles-de la Mora, Epigmenio Castillo-Gallegos, Jesús Jarillo-

S.É. Parent, L.E. Parent, D.E. Rozanne, A. Hernandes and W. Natale

Monrawee Fukuda, Mohammed Moro Buri, Vincent Kodjo Avornyo,
