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Multiple benefits of manure: the key to maintenance of soil fertility and restoration of depleted sandy soils on African smallholder farms

, 2008
Manure is a key nutrient resource on smallholder farms in the tropics, especially on poorly buffered sandy soils, due to its multiple benefits for soil fertility. Farmers preferentially apply manure to fields closest to homesteads (homefields), which are
Nyamangara, J., Delve, R.J., Giller, K.E., Zingore, S.   +3 more
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Macro-Micromechanical Properties of Sandy Pebble Soil of Different Coarse-Grained Content

Earth Sciences Research Journal, 2018
Sandy pebble stratum is a typical discrete particle unstable stratum, mainly consisting of sand and pebble. However, the effect of coarse-grained content on the stability of stratum is not clear.
Junfu Lu, Di Li, Xiaoqiang Xue, Shenlin Ling   +3 more
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Effect of Particle Size on Droplet Infiltration into Hydrophobic Porous Media As a Model of Water Repellent Soil [PDF]

, 2011
The wettability of soil is of great importance for plants and soil biota, and in determining the risk for preferential flow, surface runoff, flooding,and soil erosion. The molarity of ethanol droplet (MED) test is widely used for quantifying the severity
Bryant, R, Newton, MI, Doerr, SH, Shirtcliffe, NJ, Stefan Doerr, McHale, Glen, Ahn, Sujung, Ahn, S, Christopher A. E. Hamlett, Robert Bryant, Stefan H. Doerr, Doerr, Stefan, Sujung Ahn, Rob Bryant, Newton, Michael, Neil J. Shirtcliffe, Glen McHale, Hamlett, Christopher, Michael I. Newton., Shirtcliffe, Neil, McHale, G, Bryant, Robert, Hamlett, CAE   +22 more
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Comparative analysis of soil properties before and after Morchella sextelata cultivation across various soil types

Frontiers in Microbiology
Morchella, a highly nutritious edible fungus, has been successfully cultivated through artificial means. However, as cultivation areas have expanded, declining yield have emerged more prominently.
Juan Zhao, Rui Zeng, Chengming Zhang, Bin He, Qin Zhang, Qihong Zhou, Zikang Gong, Honglin Liu, Songqing Liu   +8 more
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Influence of Cyanobacterial Inoculum on the Growth Features and Yield of Peanut Plants in Sandy Soil

, 2022
Two field experiments were conducted at the Ismailia Agricultural Research Center Station during the summers of 2021 and 2022 to study the effects of cyanobacterial inoculation (Anabaena oryzae and Nostoc mascarum) on peanut plant growth, yield, and ...
Ghazal, Mona Fekry, Salem, Gehan Mohamed, Shaheen, Alaa Abd Elghany   +2 more
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The role of conservation soil management on soil and water protection at different spatial scales [PDF]

, 2006
Agriculture has a direct impact on the soil environment, altering soil properties, surface characteristics and erosion risk. This has led to a move away from conventional tillage to the adoption of conservation practices, aiming to minimise soil ...
Cooper, Sophie E.
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EFFECT OF SOIL AMENDMENTS ON ADSORPTION OF Zn IN LIGHT TEXTURE SOILS [PDF]

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 2004
After treating soils by $Iag, Shale and compost at the rate of 20 mg.g-1 soil, on the adsorption of Zinc in sandy silt soil, sandy soil, silt clay loam soil and silt clay soil which were conducted under laboratory conditions.
O. E. Shalabey
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Soil vapor extraction in sandy soils: Influence of airflow rate

Chemosphere, 2008
Airflow rate is one of the most important parameters for the soil vapor extraction of contaminated sites, due to its direct influence on the mass transfer occurring during the remediation process. This work reports the study of airflow rate influence on soil vapor extractions, performed in sandy soils contaminated with benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene ...
Albergaria, José Tomás, Alvim-Ferraz, Maria da Conceição M., Delerue-Matos, Cristina   +2 more
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Effect of clay amendments on nitrogen leaching and forms in a sandy soil

, 2010
Nitrogen (N) leaching in sandy soil decreases fertiliser use efficiency and may depress plant production. Application of high cation exchange capacity (CEC) materials (e.g.
Sitthaphanit, S., Bell, R.W., Limpinuntana, V.   +2 more
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Seed ecology in dry sandy grasslands - an approach to patterns and mechanisms

, 2013
Dry sandy grasslands occur throughout Central Europe and Southern Germany, and they host many rare and endangered plant species. To date, insufficient data on seed ecological aspects of this endangered vegetation type exist.
Abedi, Mehdi
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