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The fertilising potential of manure-based biogas fermentation residues: pelleted vs. liquid digestate

Heliyon, 2020
Spreading of manure on agricultural soils is a main source of ammonia emissions and/or nitrate leaching. It has been addressed by the European Union with the Directives 2001/81/EC and 91/676/EEC to protect the environment and the human health.
Fabio Valentinuzzi, Luciano Cavani, Carlo Porfido, Roberto Terzano, Youry Pii, Stefano Cesco, Claudio Marzadori, Tanja Mimmo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crop yields and soil organic matter pools in zero-till direct-seeded rice-based cropping systems as influenced by fertigation levels in the Indo-Gangetic plains in India

Carbon Management, 2022
Fertigation in rice-based cropping systems is catching up the attention of farmers for producing high yield of crops and improved fertilizer use efficiency.
Juhi, Yanendra Kumar Singh, Bijay Singh, Anupam Das, Anshuman Kohli, Rakesh Kumar, Shweta Shambhavi, Rajeev Padbhushan   +7 more
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The first evidence of accumulation and avoidance behavior of macroinvertebrates in a forest soil spiked with human-made iron nanoparticles: A field experiment

Heliyon, 2020
Both earthworms and terrestrial isopods have been used to evaluate the quality of contaminated soil by NPs. However, most experiments have been conducted in the laboratory and under greenhouse conditions.
Pérez-Hernández Hermes, Fernández-Luqueño Fabián, Huerta-Lwanga Esperanza, Mendoza-Vega Jorge, Alvarez-Solís José David, Hernández-Gutiérrez Edilberto, Valle-Mora Javier Francisco, Pérez-Sato Marcos   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prospects and constraints in smallholder farmers' adoption of multiple soil carbon enhancing practices in Western Kenya

Heliyon, 2020
Most smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are adversely affected by low soil fertility, land degradation and climate change-related shocks such as drought. These problems lead to low productivity and low household income.
George Magambo Kanyenji, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Cecilia Moraa Onyango, Stanley Karanja Ng'ang'a   +3 more
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Interactive effect of land use systems on depth-wise soil properties and micronutrients minerals in North-Western, India

Heliyon, 2023
Micronutrients play a vital role in improving growth and performance of different crops. Management of soil micronutrients for better crop production needs sound understanding of their status and causes of variability. Therefore, in order to evaluate the
Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Vivek Sharma, Arvind Kumar Shukla, Janpriya Kaur, Rajeev Kumar Gupta, Vibha Verma, Manmeet Kaur, Vijay Kant Singh, Prabhjot Singh   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biological removal of iron and sulfate from synthetic wastewater of cotton delinting factory by using halophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria

Heliyon, 2019
Industrial and agricultural wastewater treatment, which has the potential to cause serious risks to human health and the environment, has special importance at the lowest cost and highest efficiency such as biological processes to treat wastewater.
Mehrnoush Eskandari Torbaghan, Gholam Hossein Khalili Torghabeh   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural advisers and the transition to sustainable soil managment in England: an analysis of the role of knowledge and knowledge processes [PDF]

This research is concerned with the dynamic relationship between agricultural advisers, knowledge and soil in England. On the basis that agricultural advisers have always played a central role in linking research and farming practice and implementing ...
Ingram, Julie
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Total and labile pools of organic carbon in relation to soil biological properties under contrasting land-use systems in a dry mountainous region

Carbon Management, 2022
This study evaluated the effect of contrasting land-use systems on changes in pools of total organic carbon (TOC) and its labile fractions, and identified the sensitivity of soil properties as a minimum data set (MDS) for assessing soil quality change in
Sandeep Sharma, Pritpal Singh, Padma Angmo, Sanjay Satpute   +3 more
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Soil compaction and soil tillage - studies in agricultural soil mechanics [PDF]

, 2004
This thesis deals with various aspects of soil compaction due to agricultural field traffic, the draught force requirement of tillage implements and soil structures produced by tillage.
Keller, Thomas
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International Research Journal of Agriculture and Soil Science [PDF]

International Research Journal of Agriculture and Soil Science, 2014
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