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Reevaluating Diversity and the History of Women in Soil Science: A Necessary Step for a Real Change
Over the last decades, diversity in science has focused on the inclusion of individuals from formerly under-represented backgrounds. While this is important, it can result in reducing the topic to a game of numbers and quotas, but individuals are not ...
Laura Bertha Reyes-Sánchez +1 more
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X-ray micro-computed tomography (X-ray μCT) has enabled the characterization of the properties and processes that take place in plants and soils at the micron scale.
Devin A. Rippner +12 more
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Agricultural managed aquifer recharge — water quality factors to consider
The resilience and productivity of California's agriculture is threatened by groundwater overdraft, reduction in aquifer water quality, increased land subsidence damage to infrastructure and an irreversible reduction in groundwater storage capacity ...
Hannah Waterhouse +6 more
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Summary: Aluminum (Al)-tolerant phosphobacteria enhance plant growth in acidic soils by improving Al complexing and phosphorus (P) availability. However, the impact of Al stress and P deficiency on bacterial biochemistry and physiology remains unclear ...
Patricio Javier Barra +7 more
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Konstantin Dmitrievich Glinka made a major contribution to the development of such areas of soil science as genesis, geography, cartography and mineralogy of soils.
A. L. Ivanov, L. V. Orlova
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Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics
Transdisciplinary approaches that provide holistic views are essential to properly understand soil processes and the importance of soil to society and will be crucial in the future to integrate distinct disciplines into soil studies.
J. Rodrigo‐Comino +19 more
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Remote sensing is a viable tool for mapping soil salinity in agricultural lands
Soil salinity negatively impacts the productivity and profitability of western San Joaquin Valley (WSJV) farmland. Many factors, including drought, climate change, reduced water allocations, and land-use changes could worsen salinity conditions there ...
Elia Scudiero +6 more
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Standards vary in studies using rainfall simulators to evaluate erosion
Rainfall simulators are often employed to measure erosion rates, in order to estimate stream loading of sediment and nutrients in California foothill watersheds.
Mark Grismer
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Soil-plant relationships of magnesium in selected Taranaki yellow-brown loams : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Soil Science at Massey University [PDF]
Best copy available.The exchangeable Mg contents of soils in the Inglewood - New Plymouth area of Taranaki are primarily determined by Mg contents of parent materials.
P. W. Shannon
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Soil testing for P and K has value in nutrient management for annual crops
Adequate nutrients in forms available to plant roots are essential for sustainable crop production. Soil testing for phosphorus and potassium availability allows growers and crop advisers to determine whether a soil is likely to respond to fertilization.
Daniel Geisseler, Gene Miyao
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