Editors
Ryusuke Hatano
Research Faculty of Agriculture
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Hitoshi Shinjo
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Yusuke Takata
National Agriculture and Food Research
Organization
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
ISSN 2211-1255
ISSN 2211-1263 (electronic)
World Soils Book Series
ISBN 978-981-15-8228-8
ISBN 978-981-15-8229-5 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8229-5
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Ryusuke Hatano
Research Faculty of Agriculture
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Hitoshi Shinjo
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Yusuke Takata
National Agriculture and Food Research
Organization
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
ISSN 2211-1255
ISSN 2211-1263 (electronic)
World Soils Book Series
ISBN 978-981-15-8228-8
ISBN 978-981-15-8229-5 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8229-5
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
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