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The development of soil science as an individual discipline in this part of the Indian subcontinent started in the early 1940s. The systematic study of soils, their pedogenesis, classification, and so on started much later. The various stages of historical development of soil studies in Bangladesh are described in this chapter.
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Imamul Huq, S.M., Md. Shoaib, J.U. (2013). History of Soil Research in Bangladesh. In: The Soils of Bangladesh. World Soils Book Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1128-0_2
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