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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2022 The advent of spray drones for agrochemical applications calls for continuous exploration of potentially affordable and sustainable liquid biofertilizers.
E. O. Dada +7 more
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Soil pH governs production rate of calcium carbonate secreted by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris [PDF]
, 2011 Lumbricus terrestris earthworms exposed to 11 soils of contrasting properties produced, on average, 0.8 ± 0.1 mgCaCO3 earthworm−1 day−1 in the form of granules up to 2 mm in diameter.
Canti, M. G. +5 more
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Earthworm differences among mound positions in native prairies in the Ozark Highlands
Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 2021 Mounded, tallgrass prairie ecosystems are a unique, endangered ecosystem due to severe disturbance for agricultural production and/or urban expansion.
Carlee D. Hensley +4 more
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mSystems, 2022 Exploring the ecological mechanism of microbial community assembly in soil and the earthworm gut in a vanadium polluted environment could help us understand the effects of vanadium stress on microbial diversity maintenance and function, as well as the ...
Rong Xia +5 more
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Is tagging with visual implant elastomer a reliable technique for marking earthworms? [PDF]
, 2009 Visual implant elastomer (VIE) has recently been employed to investigate different aspects of earthworm ecology. However, a number of fundamental questions relating to the detection and positioning of the tag, its persistence and potential effects on ...
BEN HAMOU M. +14 more
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Basic Research Tools for Earthworm Ecology [PDF]
, 2010 Earthworms are responsible for soil development, recycling organic matter and form a vital component within many food webs. For these and other reasons earthworms are worthy of investigation. Many technologically-enhanced approaches have been used within
Butt, Kevin Richard, Grigoropoulou, Niki
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In‐situ tin casting combined with three‐dimensional scanner to quantify anecic earthworm burrows
Vadose Zone Journal, 2022 Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) play a critical role in soil ecosystems. Analyzing the spatial structure of earthworm burrows is important to understand their effect on water flow and solute transport.
Na Wen +4 more
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Earthworm Inoculation Improves Upland Rice Crop Yield and Other Agrosystem Services in Madagascar
Agriculture, 2021 The effects of earthworm inoculation and cropping systems on upland rice systems were examined over a four-year period in the Highlands of Madagascar.
Onja Ratsiatosika +7 more
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Towards an ecological index for tropical soil quality based on soil macrofauna [PDF]
, 2009 The objective of this work was to construct a simple index based on the presence/absence of different groups of soil macrofauna to determine the ecological quality of soils.
Geissen, V. +5 more
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Phosphatase activity in the drilosphere and its link to phosphorus uptake by grass
Geoderma, 2023 Earthworms can increase the solubility of phosphorus (P) in soil, an effect which to a large extent is controlled by mineralisation of organic P. Phosphatases, a class of hydrolytic enzymes, catalyse this mineralisation process.
Hannah M.J. Vos +4 more
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