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Advances in Civil EngineeringThe determination and evaluation of severity rating of soil is an important part of the research on the engineering properties of water-repellent soil. It is still difficult to accurately obtain the soil water-repelling rate in essence, and there are a ...
Chen Yu +4 more
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The Film-Forming Characterization and Structural Analysis of Pectin from Sunflower Heads
International Journal of Polymer Science, 2021 A natural low-methoxyl pectin (termed AHP, DM=25.9%) was extracted from dried heads of sunflower and showed better film-forming performance blended with hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC).
Xiaoxia Peng +5 more
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Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Finding feasible solutions for sustainable food production is challenging. Here we try to understand the balance between crop productivity and ecological stewardship using agroecological‐based soil management strategies. We evaluated the potential of different organic materials such as dairy manure compost and different biochar manure co ...
Touyee Thao +6 more
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Glacial rock flour reduces the hydrophobicity of Greenlandic cultivated soils
Soil Science Society of America Journal, Volume 87, Issue 3, Page 439-452, May/June 2023., 2023 Abstract Soil water repellency (WR) is ubiquitous across Greenlandic cultivated fields, which may constrain agricultural production. Fine‐grained glacial rock flour (GRF) is available in the surrounding landscape, which could serve as a soil amendment. We tested whether the application of GRF (rates of 0, 50, 100, 300, and 500 ton ha−1) reduced the WR ...
Peter L. Weber +8 more
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Impact of duration of land abandonment on soil properties
Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2023 Abandonment of agricultural fields triggers the ecosystem recovery in the process referred to as secondary succession. The objective of this study was to find the impact of secondary succession during 12 years lasting abandonment of agricultural fields ...
Lichner Ľubomír +5 more
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Microplastics in agroecosystems: A review of effects on soil biota and key soil functions
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Volume 186, Issue 1, Page 5-22, February 2023., 2023 Microplastic impacts on agroecosystem soil. Abstract Contamination of soils in agroecosystems with microplastics (MPs) is of increasing concern. The contamination of the environment/farmland soils with MPs (1 µm to 5 mm sized particles) and nanoplastics (NPs; <1 µm sized particles) is causing numerous effects on ecological soil functions and human ...
Leila Shafea +6 more
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Water Resources Research, Volume 58, Issue 6, June 2022., 2022 Abstract Unstable flow in homogeneous dry soils, including saturation overshoot, is associated with a nonzero soil‐water contact angle (CA); 1D and 2D models for such flow, based on the moving‐boundary concept, were recently developed, solved, and verified for a constant high CA.
Zhongfu Wang, Rony Wallach
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Ecosphere, Volume 12, Issue 3, March 2021., 2021 Abstract Forest ecosystems play a central role in global water and carbon cycles, yet the impact of global climate change, in particular drought, on trees and forests is poorly understood. Therefore, there is an urgent need for forest‐scale experiments in improving our understanding of trees’ responses to extreme drought events and subsequent recovery ...
Thorsten E. E. Grams +12 more
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European Journal of Soil Science, Volume 72, Issue 2, Page 963-978, March 2021., 2021 Abstract Soil wettability is important for understanding a wide range of earth system processes, from agricultural productivity to debris flows and sediment fan formation. However, there is limited research considering how soil–water interactions, where the soil grains are naturally hydrophobic, might change in the presence of oil from natural ...
Rebecca McCerery +5 more
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Spatial variability of water repellency in pine forest soil
Soil and Water Research, 2008 The variability of water repellency of pine-forest arenic regosols and its influence on infiltration processes were measured in southwest Slovakia.
Tomáš Orfánus +5 more
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