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Impact of saline soil improvement measures on salt content in the abandonment-reclamation process
, 2021Understanding the impacts of desalination treatments on salt migration in saline soil during the farmland abandonment-reclamation process has significance for saline soil development and utilization.
Xiaoyan Shi +6 more
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Carbohydrate Polymers
Growing plants in karst areas tends to be difficult due to the easy loss of water and soil. To enhance soil agglomeration, water retention, and soil fertility, this study developed a physically and chemically crosslinked hydrogel prepared from quaternary
Songdanyang Cui +6 more
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Growing plants in karst areas tends to be difficult due to the easy loss of water and soil. To enhance soil agglomeration, water retention, and soil fertility, this study developed a physically and chemically crosslinked hydrogel prepared from quaternary
Songdanyang Cui +6 more
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Empirical Review of Innovative Soil Improvement Techniques in Geotechnical Engineering
Mesopotamian Journal of Civil EngineeringAcquisition of soils made a new dimension in geotechnical engineering due to increased demands on sustainability as well as effectiveness in infrastructure development.
Prerana M. Bhagatkar, Akshit Lamba
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Improving soil seed bank management
Pest Management Science, 2018AbstractProblems associated with simplified weed management motivate efforts for diversification. Integrated weed management uses the fundamentals of weed biology and applied ecology to provide a framework for diversified weed management programs; the soil seed bank comprises a necessary part of this framework.
Steven C Haring, Michael L Flessner
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Soil in the City: Sustainably Improving Urban Soils
Journal of Environmental Quality, 2016Large tracts of abandoned urban land, resulting from the deindustrialization of metropolitan areas, are generating a renewed interest among city planners and community organizations envisioning the productive use of this land not only to produce fresh food but to effectively manage stormwater and mitigate the impact of urban heat islands.
Kuldip, Kumar, Lakhwinder S, Hundal
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Bio‐mediated soil improvement: The way forward
Soil use and management, 2020Bio‐mediated soil improvement involves the usage of microbes to improve soil engineering performance through a series of bio‐geochemical processes. In particular, Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP), a ubiquitous bio‐geochemical process that
Ningjun Jiang +5 more
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Fertilizers and Soil Improvers
2009In greenhouse industry fertilizers as well as soil improvers are widely used. Fertilizers are mainly applied to optimize the physical-chemical conditions of the root environment and are used for growing in soils in situ as well as for growing in substrates.
Sonneveld, C., Voogt, W.
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Improving soil testing credibility
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 1980Abstract Soil testing has greatly advanced due to recent improvements in field sampling, laboratory procedures and analysis, fertilizer response calibrations, and computer utilization for data processing and reporting. In spite of these advances, credibility in soil testing remains a major problem.
Gordon V. Johnson, Robert L. Westerman
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Journal of Crop Production, 1999
Future advancements in crop production will rely on increased understanding of ecological principles that control interactions among cropping system components. Our interest in linking soil quality and weed management derives from the belief that greater understanding of key processes and properties that define soil-weed relationships will lead to the ...
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Future advancements in crop production will rely on increased understanding of ecological principles that control interactions among cropping system components. Our interest in linking soil quality and weed management derives from the belief that greater understanding of key processes and properties that define soil-weed relationships will lead to the ...
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The role of biochar in organic waste composting and soil improvement: A review.
Waste Management, 2019Large amounts of organic wastes, which pose a severe threat to the environment, can be thermally pyrolyzed to produce biochar. Biochar has many potential uses owing to its unique physicochemical properties and attracts increasing attentions.
Xiao-xia Guo, Hong-tao Liu, Jun Zhang
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