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Pickering Emulsion for Enhanced Viability of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria and Combined Delivery of Agrochemicals and Biologics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cellulosic emulsions as multi‐cargo agriculture formulations. Pickering emulsions stabilized by cellulose acetate particles provide an effective platform for delivering a range of agricultural cargoes, including plant growth‐promoting bacteria and agrochemicals.
Mariam Sohail, John Cheadle, Rishum Khan, Hrishikesh Mane, Khandoker Samaher Salem, Katie Ernst, Adriana San Miguel, Charles H. Opperman, Tahira Pirzada, Nathan Crook, Saad A. Khan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeled soil erosion potential is low across California's annual rangelands

California Agriculture, 2018
We used the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) to evaluate how different residual forage dry matter (RDM) levels affect erosion potential in rangelands across California. The model was adapted to operate in a geographic information system (GIS)
Wilson B. Salls, Royce Larsen, David Lewis, Leslie Roche, Danny J. Eastburn, Allan D. Hollander, Mike Walkinshaw, Stephen Kaffka, Kenneth Tate, Anthony O'Geen   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Soil Organic Matter Composition Controls Hexachlorobenzene-Soil-Interactions: Adsorption Isotherms and Quantum Chemical Modelling [PDF]

Science of the Total Environment 476-477, 98 (2014), 2013
Hazardous persistent organic pollutants (POPs) interact in soil with the soil organic matter (SOM) but this interaction is insufficiently understood at the molecular level. We investigated the adsorption of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) on soil samples with systematically modified SOM.
arxiv  

Permanent Agriculture: Precursor to Organic Farming [PDF]

, 2006
The concept of Permanent Agriculture predates Organic Agriculture by thirty years. Following a clash with the USDA over the theory of soil fertility, American soil scientist Franklin King wrote "Farmers of Forty Centuries or Permanent Agriculture in ...
Paull, John
core  

Superlubricious Surfaces Through Surface Attached Hydrogels Obtained by C,H‐insertion Crosslinking

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Taking synovial joints as a source of inspiration, the friction properties of surfaces covered with 1d‐swelling polyelectrolyte hydrogels in combination with a shear‐thinning aqueous lubricant are studied. Such systems obtained by C,H insertion crosslinking show superlubricious behavior, even surpassing the friction values reported for the natural ...
Renato Maraula, Maryam Bahrami, Safora Jafari, Oswald Prucker, Tobias Amann, Jürgen Rühe   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Outcomes of Digital Soil Science Curricula for Agricultural Undergraduates in the Global South

Open Education Studies
This academic inquiry examines the efficacy of virtual reality (VR)-based pedagogy for higher learning, specifically analyzing immersive digital instruction for rural agriculture undergraduates studying soil science in Colombia.
Rico Heidy, de la Puente Mario, de Oro Carlos, Navarro Daniela, Lambis Juan, Londoño Guillermo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chloride levels increase after 13 years of recycled water use in the Salinas Valley

California Agriculture, 2014
The use of recycled water for agriculture is a long-term water strategy in California. A study in the 1980s in Monterey County showed recycled water increased soil salinity but not to a level unacceptable for agriculture.
Belinda E. Platts, Mark Grismer
doaj   +1 more source

All‐Cellulose‐Based Photonic Glitters

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Uniform, disc‐shaped photonic CNC glitters with adjustable structural colors and diameters are fabricated on hydrophilic ethyl cellulose films using electrospray deposition. By employing patterned ethyl cellulose films with pre‐designed hydrophilic regions, photonic patterns can be created with these all‐cellulose‐based glitters, demonstrating their ...
Ting Wang, Yifeng Wang, Chunyu Ji, Zhuoning Xu, Qian Ding, Han Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil testing for P and K has value in nutrient management for annual crops

California Agriculture, 2016
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
doaj   +1 more source

The quantitative soil pit method for measuring belowground carbon and nitrogen stocks [PDF]

, 2012
Many important questions in ecosystem science require estimates of stocks of soil C and nutrients. Quantitative soil pits provide direct measurements of total soil mass and elemental content in depth-based samples representative of large volumes ...
Black T., Boone R.D., Bélanger N., Champley S., Ellert B.H., Fahey T.J., Federer C.A., Hamburg S.P., Harrison R.B., Johnson C.E., Johnson C.E., Lorenz K., Lyford W.H., Martin C.W., Tan K.H.   +14 more
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