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Arbuscular mycorrhizae improves photosynthesis and water status of Zea mays L. under drought stress
Plant, Soil and Environment, 2012 The influences of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus on growth, gas exchange, chlorophyll concentration, chlorophyll fluorescence and water status of maize (Zea mays L.) plants were studied in pot culture under well-watered and drought stress conditions.
X.C. Zhu +4 more
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Determining the effects of cattle grazing treatments on Yosemite toads (Anaxyrus [=Bufo] canorus) in montane meadows. [PDF]
, 2013 Amphibians are experiencing a precipitous global decline, and population stability on public lands with multiple uses is a key concern for managers. In the Sierra Nevada Mountains (California, USA), managers have specifically identified livestock grazing
Allen-Diaz, Barbara H +6 more
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npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2022 The beneficial effect of crop residue amendment on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock and stability depends on the functional response of soil microbial communities.
Zhihuang Xie +11 more
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Potential role of organic matter in the transmission of antibiotic resistance genes in black soils
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 The degradation of black soil is a serious problem with the decrease in soil organic matter (SOM) content in northeast China, and animal manure as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is commonly amended into soil to sustain or increase the ...
Sen Li +7 more
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The Influence of short-term land use change on soil evolution in the centre-south coastal areas of Sardinia [PDF]
, 2008 The land use change in short-term (time and space) in the Mediterranean context can be induced by phenomena like destruction of the autochthonous plant species, land abandonment, overgrazing, fire, urbanization (above all for touristic purpose), etc ...
Buondonno, Andrea +3 more
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Simulating farm income under the current soil management regime in the mid-hills of Nepal [PDF]
, 2010 Farmers in the mid-hills of Nepal follow diverse farming systems. The peri-urban area of this region, where population density is higher, faces several problems in farming.
Bhatta, G.D., Neupane, N.
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Sustainable Food Proteins, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2026.Characterization of Lupinus angustifolius cultivated in Uruguay. The figure summarizes the experimental workflow applied to six Lupinus angustifolius samples cultivated in Uruguay. After sample preparation, different analytical approaches were performed: Proximate composition determination of moisture, ash, crude protein, and crude fat by standard AOAC
Matías Rodríguez‐Elhordoy +9 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 The amendment of crop residues produced under elevated CO2 (eCO2) may alter soil microbial community structure and their functions on residue decomposition and carbon (C) cycling in soil.
Yanhong Wang +10 more
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Soil Micromorphologic Features of Holocene Surface Weathering and a Possible Late Quaternary Buried Soil, Northwest Arkansas [PDF]
, 1989 Micromorphologic features of an alfisol developed in White River alluvium near Fayetteville, Arkansas are typical for this soil order. The A horizon has a relatively high organic matter content and an abundance of quartz sand grains with a silt and clay ...
Guccione, Margaret J., Phillips, Diane
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Five decades of hand‐feel soil texture estimation: Accuracy, challenges, and improvements
Soil Science Society of America Journal, Volume 90, Issue 3, May/June 2026.Abstract Soil texture refers to the proportion of fine soil particles with diameters less than 2 mm, classified into particle size categories that define the soil texture class. Hand‐feel estimation in the field is widely used by soil scientists and technicians during pedological surveys to characterize soil horizons.
Roberto Barbetti +4 more
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