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• The analyses of sustainable soil management in the Rafsanjani Township pistachio garden

  Authors:Elham Tayari, Ahmad Reza Ommani, and Amin Reza JamshidiFrom:Advances in Environmental BiologyPeer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20122,715 words Report 1740LSince soil have a major role in sustainable development, appropriate productivity conservation and soil control will raise power, prosperity and stability of society. One of the problems in agriculture sector is poor in...

• Soil organic carbon fractions in a Vertisol under irrigated cotton production as affected by burning and incorporating cotton stubble

  Authors:A. Conteh, G.J. Blair, and I.J. RochesterFrom:Australian Journal of Soil Research (Vol. 36, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  July-August 19986,644 words Article The contribution of cotton stubble to the soil organic matter content of Vertisols under cotton production is not well understood. A 3-year experiment was conducted at the Australian Cotton Research Institute to study...

• Long and Midterm Effect of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Properties in Dry Areas of Morocco

  Authors:Malika Laghrour, Rachid Moussadek, Rachid Mrabet, Rachid Dahan, Mohammed El- Mourid, Abdelmajid Zouahri, et al.From:Applied and Environmental Soil Science (Vol. 2017) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20176,546 words Report 1390LIn Morocco, conservation agriculture, particularly no tillage systems, has become an alternative strategy to mitigate land degradation caused by conventional tillage in semiarid to arid regions. This paper is based on...

• Methodological analysis of pension administration in Nigeria: questionnaire survey findings--lessons for developing countries

  Authors:Joseph E. Imhanlahimi and Eseoghene Joseph IdolorFrom:Journal of Financial Management & Analysis (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-June 201112,228 words Article 1450LAbstract The Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), introduced by the Nigerian Federal Government in June 2004 as part of government's administrative reforms, is gradually changing the tempo of pension administration in...

• Spatial and Temporal Variation of Archaeal, Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Agricultural Soils

  Authors:Michele C. Pereira e Silva, Armando Cavalcante Franco Dias, Jan Dirk van Elsas, and Joana Falcao SallesFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20, 20127,565 words Article 1500LBackground Soil microbial communities are in constant change at many different temporal and spatial scales. However, the importance of these changes to the turnover of the soil microbial communities has been rarely...

• Effects of Spartina alterniflora Invasion on Soil Quality in Coastal Wetland of Beibu Gulf of South China

  Authors:Daobo Wang, Wei Huang, Ruwen Liang, and Fusheng LiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 30, 20167,245 words Report 1500LBackground Since Spartina alterniflora (simplified as Spartina) has strong ecological competitiveness and rapid growth, it has been introduced and living in the coastal wetland regions of China for more than 30...

• Predicted impact of management changes on soil carbon storage for each cropland region of the conterminous United States. (Research)

  Authors:M.D. Eve, M. Sperow, K. Howerton, K. Paustian, and R.F. FollettFrom:Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Vol. 57, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  July-August 20027,077 words Article Carbon (C) is constantly being exchanged between the Earth's surface and atmosphere through numerous mechanisms. In the process of photosynthesis, plants absorb much more carbon dioxide ([CO.sub.2]) than they respire...

• Nutrient management in the United States. (Special Section)

  Authors:Jorge Delgado, Craig Cox, Harold van Es, and Wayne ReevesFrom:Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Vol. 57, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  November-December 20021,031 words Article SPECIAL SECTION INTRODUCTION The following pages of the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation include papers presented at two symposium events held at the 2001 annual conferences of the Soil and Water Conservation...

• EH Update

  From:Journal of Environmental Health (Vol. 62, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 19991,877 words Article Algae and Bacteria Influence Breakdown of Herbicides Some species of green algae that help break down soil-applied herbicides could help improve soil and water quality, according to scientists from the U.S....

• Canopy light signals and crop yield in sickness and in health

  Author:Jorge J. CasalFrom:ISRN AgronomyPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 201314,555 words Report 1530LCrop management decisions such as sowing density, row distance and orientation, choice of cultivar, and weed control define the architecture of the canopy, which in turn affects the light environment experienced by crop...

• Copper, zinc, and nickel in soil solution affected by biosolids amendment and soil management

  Author:Guodong YuanFrom:Australian Journal of Soil Research (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20093,758 words Report Soil plots on a pasture were amended with biosolids spiked with copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), or zinc (Zn), resulting in maximum concentrations of 181 mg Cu, 58 mg Ni, and 296 mg Zn/kg in soil. Soil solutions from the plots...

• Assessing the response of soil carbon in Australia to changing inputs and climate using a consistent modelling framework.

  Authors:Juhwan Lee, Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel, Mingxi Zhang, Zhongkui Luo, and Ying-Ping WangFrom:Biogeosciences (Vol. 18, Issue 18) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 22, 2021512 words Article Land use and management practices affect the response of soil organic carbon (C) to global change. Process-based models of soil C are useful tools to simulate C dynamics, but it is important to bridge any disconnect that...

• Positive charge discovered across Western Australian wheatbelt soils challenges key soil and nitrogen management assumptions

  Authors:M.T.F. Wong and K. WittwerFrom:Australian Journal of Soil Research (Vol. 47, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20095,656 words Report Nitrogen management in Western Australia (WA) and in cropping areas elsewhere in Australia assumes that soil contains negligible or no positive charge and is therefore unable to retain nitrate against leaching. The...

• The effect of tillage depth and traffic management on soil properties and root development during two growth stages of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

  Authors:David Hobson, Mary Harty, Saoirse R. Tracy, and Kevin McDonnellFrom:Soil (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  May 31, 2022273 words Brief article The management of agricultural soils during crop establishment can affect root development due to changes in the soil structure. This paper assesses the influence of tillage depth (250 mm, 100 mm, and zero tillage) and...

• Straw Removal Affects Soil Physical Quality and Sugarcane Yield in Brazil.

  Authors:Guilherme Adalberto Ferreira Castioni, Maurício Roberto Cherubin, Ricardo de Oliveira Bordonal, Leandro Carneiro Barbosa, Lauren Maine Santos Menandro, and João Luís Nunes CarvalhoFrom:BioEnergy Research (Vol. 12, Issue 4)

  Dec. 20197,582 words Article 1600LIndustrial use of sugarcane straw for bioenergy production represents a promising opportunity for the Brazilian sugarcane sector. Nonetheless, intensified straw removal may aggravate the effects of mechanized harvesting...

• The Effects of Land Use and Landscape Position on Soil Physicochemical Properties in a Semiarid Watershed, Northern Ethiopia.

  Authors:Weldemariam Seifu, Eyasu Elias, and Girmay GebresamuelFrom:Applied and Environmental Soil Science (Vol. 2020) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 2, 202013,312 words Article 1550LUnderstanding topography effects and assessing the soil properties in different land use is an essential first step for sustainable soil management. Hence, land use type and altitudinal gradient on selected soil...

• Adoption of sustainable soil management by farmers in Iran

  Authors:Seyed Jamal Hosseini and Mohammad Sadegh SabouriFrom:Advances in Environmental BiologyPeer-Reviewed

  May 20111,844 words Survey 1420LFarmers in the Garmsar Township of Semnan Province in Iran were surveyed in order to explore their perception about the factors influencing the adoption of sustainable soil management. The total population for this...

• The role of severe storms in soil erosion: a problem needing consideration

  Authors:W.E. Larson, M.J. Lindstrom, and T.E. SchumakerFrom:Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Vol. 52, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 19973,784 words Article The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) are utilized for the development of soil conservation strategies based on forecasts of annual soil erosion due to water....

• A systemic approach for modeling soil functions

  Authors:Hans-Jorg Vogel, Stephan Bartke, Katrin Daedlow, Katharina Helming, Ingrid Kogel-Knabner, Birgit Lang, et al.From:Soil (Vol. 4, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 15, 201858 words Author abstract, Bri... Byline: Hans-Jö,rg Vogel, Stephan Bartke, Katrin Daedlow, Katharina Helming, Ingrid Kö,gel-Knabner, Birgit Lang, Eva Rabot, David Russell, Bastian Stö,Ã,Ÿ,el, Ulrich Weller, Martin Wiesmeier, Ute...

• Cost effectiveness of agricultural BMPs for sediment reduction in the Mississippi Delta

  Authors:Y. Yuan, S.M. Dabney, and R.L. BingnerFrom:Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Vol. 57, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  September-October 20026,826 words Article Sediment has been identified as the pollutant most limiting to fishery health in oxbow lakes in the Mississippi Delta. The Mississippi Delta Management System Evaluation Area (MDMSEA) project seeks to reduce the adverse...