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Superior simultaneous immobilization of cadmium and arsenic by ferrihydrite-modified biochar: performance and mechanisms

Frontiers in Environmental Science
The contrasting geochemical behaviors of cationic cadmium (Cd) and anionic arsenic (As) in co-contaminated soil pose a significant challenges for their simultaneous immobilization.
Xiaowen Teng, Weizhong Yang, Hanbo Chen, Xuqiao Wu, Jianing Tang, Xiaohui Yang, Zhenyu Liu, Dan Liu, Weijie Xu   +8 more
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Engineering of Soil Biological Quality From Nickel Mining Stockpile Using Two Earthworm Ecological Groups [PDF]

, 2015
Earthworms have the ability in modifying soil biological quality for plant growth. Their ability is mostly depending on its ecological groups. The objectives of the research were to study the influence of two ecological groups of earthworms on soil ...
Herlina, H. (H), Kilowasid, L. M. (L), Leomo, S. (S), Safuan, L. (L), Syaf, H. (H), Tufaila, M. (M), Widiawan, B. (B)   +6 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, Deeks, Lynda, Holman, Ian P., Kechavarzi, Cédric, Mercer, Theresa G., Newell-Price, Paul, Rickson, R. J., Waine, Toby W.   +7 more
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Programmable automated low-cost IoT water sampler

HardwareX
Water quality management is a critical environmental challenge for water resource managers in agriculture and other sectors due to pollution from contaminants like nitrogen and phosphorus.
Emmanuel Deleon, Ansley J. Brown, Jakob Ladow, Erik Wardle, Troy Bauder   +4 more
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Influence of compost and digestates on plant growth and health: potentials and limits [PDF]

, 2008
Composts can influence soil fertility and plant health. These influences can be positive or negative, depending of the quality of the composts. In order to estimate the potential of Swiss composts to influence soil fertility and plant health, one hundred
Berner, Alfred, Fuchs, Jacques G., Mayer, Jochen, Schleiss, Konrad, Smidt, Ena   +4 more
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Quantifying Feed-to-Manure Transfer of Heavy Metals and Nutrients for Precision Pig Production in China

Agriculture
Intensive pig production systems in China face dual challenges of heavy metal (HM) contamination and nutrient overloading from manure. However, stage-specific quantitative relationships between diet and excretion remain poorly characterized, hindering ...
Tao Zhang, Lijun Liu, Jie Feng, Chunlai Hong, Weiping Wang, Rui Guo, Weijing Zhu, Leidong Hong, Yanlai Yao, Fengxiang Zhu   +9 more
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Safe and Legal Fish Waste Composting in Alaska [PDF]

, 2011
This bulletin encourages soil production using fish waste, and teaches the safety and legal aspects of composting fish waste to comply with Alaska laws.
Chambers, Izetta
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Long-term experiments as a platform for monitoring bread wheat quality [PDF]

, 2008
Both winter wheat and spring wheat have the potential for producing grain of bread wheat quality under North European conditions. The two crops may due to their different growth length respond differently to previous use of green manure and to the soil ...
Thomsen, Ingrid K.
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The effect of organic management on soil quality indicators [PDF]

, 2002
This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. A range of physical, biological and chemical parameters were measured in organic soil that had been managed in different ways and in a conventional control.
Bending, Gary D, Jackson, Lorna R, Marx, Mare-Claude, Rayns, Francis W, Turner, Mary K, Wood, Marting   +5 more
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Growth Parameters, Yield and Grain Quality of Different Winter Wheat Cultivars Using Strip Tillage in Relation to the Intensity of Post-Harvest Soil Cultivation

Agriculture
The research has been undertaken to determine whether it is worthwhile to do a post-tillage on stubble before applying strip-till or whether tillage operations such as tillage and stubble ploughing should be performed. Therefore, ploughed tillage + strip
Marcin Różewicz, Jerzy Grabiński, Marta Wyzińska   +2 more
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