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Soil compounding promotes the improvement of aeolian sandy soil in the Mu Us Sandy Land

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science
Aeolian sandy soil and loess soil of the Mu Us Sandy Land are used as the research material in this study to investigate the effect of soil compounding on the improvement of aeolian sandy soil and to provide a feasible approach for sand prevention and ...
Shichao Chen   +11 more
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The performance of laterally loaded piles in layered sandy soils under variable degree of saturation [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
This paper investigates the capacity of a single laterally loaded pile in single- and multi-layered sandy soils under dry, unsaturated and saturated conditions for a wide range of void ratios.
Hasan Ahmed, Hummadi Rizgar, Azeez Omed
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Effect of biochar application rate on macronutrient retention and leaching in two coconut growing soils

open access: yesTechnology in Agronomy, 2023
Low nutrient reserves and poor soil fertility management in coconut cultivation have limited coconut productivity. Biochar is one of the best solutions to improve soil nutrient reserves and fertility over time.
D. K. R. P. L. Dissanayake   +4 more
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Combined Effect of Cattle Dung and Urea Fertilizer on Organic Carbon, Forms of Nitrogen and Available Phosphorus in Selected Nigerian Soils [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Central European Agriculture, 2012
Incubation experiment was conducted on four soil types in Nigeria using cattle dung (CD) at the rate -1 -1 of 2.5g/kg soil ( 5 t ha ), Urea fertilizer at the rate of 0.1g/kg soil ( 200 kg ha ) and cattle dung -1 (2.5g/kg soil) combined with Urea 0.05g/kg
Leye Samuel AYENI
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Biodiagnostics of stability of soils of southern Russia to silver pollution

open access: yesЮг России: экология, развитие, 2021
Aim. To assess the resistance of soils in the south of Russia to silver pollution using biological indicators.Methods. The contamination of soils in southern Russia (ordinary chernozem, grey sandy and brown forest soils) was simulated with silver under ...
S. I. Kolesnikov   +4 more
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Biochar’s effect on the ecosystem services provided by sandy-textured and contaminated sandy soils: a systematic review protocol

open access: yesEnvironmental Evidence, 2021
Background Biochar is a relatively new soil amendment method in agricultural practices that can improve the ecosystem services of soils. Biochar has commonly been applied to less fertile or contaminated soils, specifically sandy-textured and contaminated
Madina Bekchanova   +6 more
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Residual activity and sorption of tebuthiuron in different soils [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2023
Applications of tebuthiuron can increase the risks of environmental contamination and hinder the cultivation of sensitive species in succession. The objective of this work was to assess the residual activity and sorption of the herbicide tebuthiuron in ...
João H. dos S. Ferreira   +4 more
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Experimental study on liquefaction characteristics of sand with fines under different particle size ratios

open access: yesYantu gongcheng xuebao, 2023
A series of undrained cyclic triaxial and bender element tests are carried out on sandy soils with three different particle size ratios by using the GDS cyclic triaxial apparatus with bender elements.
ZUO Kangle 1, 2, GU Xiaoqiang 1, 2
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Evaluating liquefaction resistance of saturated sandy soils based on equivalent skeleton void ratio

open access: yesYantu gongcheng xuebao, 2018
In order to investigate the effect of physical properties on liquefaction resistance CRR, different types of saturated sandy soils (Fujian, Nanjing and Nantong sandy soils with different fines contents (FC)) are categorized as three different cases: (1 ...
WU Qi 1, CHEN Guo-xing 1,2, ZHU Yu-meng 1, ZHOU Zheng-long 1, ZHOU Yan-guo 3
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Deficit Irrigation on Growth of Baby Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) Cultivars Grown in Varied-textured Soils

open access: yesHortScience, 2022
Water scarcity coupled with an increasing demand for water in agriculture has forced farmers to amend their irrigation practices and water management strategies.
Boitumelo Patience Lekgoathi   +2 more
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