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The Effects of Different Soil Substrates on the Growth and Root Coixol Content of Local Coix Varieties in China

Agronomy
Coix lacryma-jobi L., an annual or perennial plant belonging to the Poaceae family, has long been cultivated as a food and medicine plant in China.
Junkai Liu, Puliang Lyu, Chao Wu, Fang Liu, Xue Zhao, Hui Tang   +5 more
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Impact of Sewage Sludge on Water Movement in Calcareous Sandy Soils

Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 1997
The present study was undertaken to investigate the changes in soil physical properties and their effect on water movement under ponded irrigation. Sewage sludge was applied to 10 cm soil depth at rates of 0.25. 75  and 100 Mg-ha-1 to two disturbed soils
A.M. AI-Omran, M.I. AI-Wabel, A.A. Shalaby   +2 more
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Influence of soil texture on nature of mangrove vegetation in Sundarbans Tiger Reserve forest of India [PDF]

, 2018
Quality of bottom soil forms an important component for any kind of mangrove reforestation as well as coastal rehabilitation program. Since textural composition plays an important role in determining the soil quality, a study was undertaken to assess ...
Ghosh, A. (A), M, D. (Dasgupta), Mukherjee, S. (S), Sarkar, N. S. (N)   +3 more
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Different Behavior of Enteric Bacteria and Viruses in Clay and Sandy Soils after Biofertilization with Swine Digestate [PDF]

, 2017
Enteric pathogens from biofertilizer can accumulate in the soil, subsequently contaminating water and crops. We evaluated the survival, percolation and leaching of model enteric pathogens in clay and sandy soils after biofertilization with swine ...
APHA, Artz, Boudaud, Chart, Chen, Costafreda, Demoling, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Dika, EC, Ernest, European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [FAO], Gerba, Gerba, Griffith, Hansen, International Organization For Standardization [ISO] 10705-2:2000, Khetsuriani, Kimura, Kunz, Lang, Langlet, Magri, Pepper, Rodríguez-Lázaro, Santamaría, Schijven, Schwarz, Semenov, Tilman, Topp, Venglovsky, Vinten, Wiesmann, Yeager   +35 more
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Experimental study on the effect of different cement content on the improvement of dynamic characteristics of seismic-prone poor soil.

PLoS ONE
The improvement of sandy soils with poor seismic properties to modify their dynamic characteristics is of great importance in seismic design for engineering sites.
Yunhui Zhao, Feng Qiao, Fanchao Meng, Zhihua Zheng, Jiapei Gu, Haoyu Li   +5 more
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Morphological and agrochemical soil characteristics of different types of landscapes of Dendropark Trostjanets of the NAS of Ukraine

Інтродукція Рослин, 2015
The results of studies of soils in Dendrological Park Trostjanets, which was carried out by Cherkasy branch of the Ukrainian State Institution of Orchards and Vineyards “Ukrhiprosad” in 1982 and our studies in 2013 are given.
I.M. Severin
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Exploring the Potential of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) as an Early Crop in Florida’s Sandy Soils

HortScience, 2020
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is planted in Florida starting late fall at the end of September and continuing through the last harvest in May. In recent years, the season has shortened because of warm temperatures and weather-related events, such as ...
Gustavo F. Kreutz, Germán V. Sandoya, Gary K. England, Wendy Mussoline   +3 more
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Mechanical properties of slag-fly ash based geopolymer stabilized sandy soil

Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2022
Silicate cement as a conventional soil curing agent has problems of high energy consumption and high emissions, and researchers have been seeking a more economical and environmentally friendly alternative to cement.
ZHANG Jin-jin , LI Bo, YU Chuang, ZHANG Mao-yu   +3 more
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Quantification of C and N stocks in grassland topsoils in a Dutch region dominated by dairy farming [PDF]

Estimates on soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (N) stocks in soils cannot be directly calculated from routine soil analyses, since these often lack measurements on soil bulk density (Bd).
Akker, J.J.H., van den, Sonneveld, M.P.W.   +1 more
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Effect of Application of Increasing Concentrations of Contaminated Water on the Different Fractions of Cu and Co in Sandy Loam and Clay Loam Soils

Agriculture, 2016
This study aimed to establish the fate of copper (Cu) and cobalt (Co) in sandy loam and clay loam soils that had been irrigated with increasing concentrations of contaminated water. A sequential extraction procedure was used to determine the fractions of
John Volk, Olusegun Yerokun
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