Part 1 Soil monitoring
1. Soil health assessment and inventory: Indices and databases: Brian K. Slater, Ohio State University, USA;
2. Soil sampling for soil health assessment: Skye Wills, Stephen Roecker and Candiss Williams, USA-NRCS, USA; and Brian Murphy, Office of Environment and Heritage, Australia;
3. Biological indicators of soil health in organic cultivation : A. Fortuna, Washington State University, USA; A. Bhowmik, Pennsylvania State University, USA; and A. Bary and C. Cogger, Washington State University, USA;
4. The impact of heavy metal contamination on soil health: Santanu Bakshi and Chumki Banik, Iowa State University, USA; and Zhenli He, University of Florida, USA;
5. Modelling soil organic matter dynamics as a soil health indicator: Eleanor E. Campbell, University of New Hampshire, USA; John L. Field and Keith Paustian, Colorado State University, USA;
Part 2 Managing soil health
6. Drainage requirements to maintain soil health: Jeffrey Strock, University of Minnesota, USA;
7. Managing irrigation for soil health in arid and semi-arid regions: Jeffrey Peter Mitchell and Howard Ferris, University of California-Davis, USA; Anil Shrestha, California State University-Fresno, USA; Francis Larney, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada; and Garrison Sposito, University of California-Berkeley, USA;
8. Effects of crop rotations and intercropping on soil health; Gilbert C. Sigua, USDA-ARS, USA;
9. Use of cover crops to promote soil health: Robert L. Myers, USDA – SARE and University of Missouri, USA;
10. Optimising fertiliser use to maintain soil health: Bijay-Singh, Punjab Agricultural University, India;
11. Manure and compost management to maintain soil health: Francis J. Larney, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada;
12. Pesticide use and biodiversity in soils: Robert J. Kremer, University of Missouri, USA;
13. Conservation grass hedges and soil health parameters; Humberto Blanco-Canqui, University of Nebraska, USA;
14. Managing soil health in organic cultivation: A. Fortuna, Washington State University, USA; A. Bhowmik, Pennsylvania State University, USA; and A. Bary and C. Cogger, Washington State University, USA;
Part 3 Regional strategies in the developing world
15. Supporting smallholders in maintaining soil health: key challenges and strategies: David Güereña, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nepal;
16. Maintaining soil health in Africa: A. O. Ogunkunle, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; and V. O. Chude, National Program for Food Security, Nigeria;
17. Organic amendments to improve soil health and crop productivity: a case study in China: Minggang Xu, Wenju Zhang and Zejiang Cai, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China; Shaoming Huang, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China; and Ping Zhu, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China;
18. Soil health assessment and maintenance in Central and South-Central Brazil: Ieda C. Mendes, EMBRAPA Cerrados, Brazil; Cássio A. Tormena, State University of Maringá, Brazil; Maurício R. Cherubin, University of São Paulo, Brazil; and Douglas L. Karlen, USDA-ARS, USA;
19. Maintaining soil health in dryland areas: Pandi Zdruli, Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), Italy; and Claudio Zucca, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Morocco;"
