Influence of terrain attributes and soil properties on soil aggregate stability
Soil and Water Research, 2011 The study on the relationship between the soil aggregates stability assessed using water stable aggregate (WSA) index and the selected terrain and soil properties was performed on a morphologically diverse study site in Chernozem soil region of Southern ...
Tereza ZÁDOROVÁ +3 more
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Effects of biochar on soil chemical properties: A global meta-analysis of agricultural soil
Plant, Soil and Environment, 2022 Improved soil properties are commonly reported benefits of adding biochar to agriculture soils. To investigate the range of biochar's effects on soil chemical properties (e.g., soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), cation exchange capacity (CEC), soil ...
Zenghui Sun +7 more
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Relating soil chemical properties to other soil properties and dryland crop production
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Soil chemical properties have often been related to some other soil properties and crop yields, but extensive evaluation of the relationships of soil chemical properties with other properties and long-term crop yields under dryland cropping systems is ...
Upendra M. Sainju, Daniel Liptzin
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A modification of the mixed form of Richards equation and its application in vertically inhomogeneous soils [PDF]
, 2011 Recently, new soil data maps were developed, which include vertical soil properties like soil type. Implementing those into a multilayer Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer (SVAT) scheme, discontinuities in the water content occur at the interface ...
Ahrens, Bodo, Kalinka, Frank
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Assessing the Perspectives of Ground Penetrating Radar for Precision Farming
Remote Sensing, 2022 The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development highlighted the importance of adopting sustainable agricultural practices to mitigate the threat posed by climate change to food systems around the world, to provide wise water management and to ...
Federico Lombardi +3 more
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Soil Chemical Properties Under Conservation Agriculture and Cereal-Based Cropping System in Eastern Tarai of Nepal [PDF]
, 2020 Field experiments were conducted for four years (2014-2017) at five locations namely Salbani, Bhokraha, Simariya, Bhaluwa and Kaptanganj of Sunsari district to assess the changes in soil chemical properties under conservation agriculture (CA)-based ...
Gyawaly, P. (Pankaj) +5 more
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Spatial variability of soil properties and soil erodibility in the Alqueva reservoir watershed [PDF]
, 2015 The aim of this work is to investigate how the spatial variability of soil properties and soil erodibility (K factor) were affected by the changes in land use allowed by irrigation with water from a reservoir in a semiarid area.
Andrade, R. +4 more
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Soil quality and soil fertility status in major soil groups at the Tombel area, South-West Cameroon
Heliyon, 2020 Among the greatest challenges of Sub-Saharan Africa is the need for more crop production for supplying the increasing demand of its growing population.
C. Nguemezi +4 more
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Spatial Variability of Soil Fauna Under Different Land Use and Managements
Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2018 Geostatistics allows the evaluation of the distribution pattern of data with high spatial variability in agricultural systems. This study aimed to evaluate the spatial variability of biological diversity indices of soil fauna under different land ...
Raimunda Alves Silva +4 more
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Physical soil quality indicators for monitoring British soils [PDF]
, 2016 The condition or quality of soils determines its ability to deliver a range of functions that support ecosystem services, human health and wellbeing. The increasing policy imperative to implement successful soil monitoring programmes has resulted in the ...
Corstanje, Ronald +7 more
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