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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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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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Evaluation of soil properties in variously aged Scots pine plantations established on sandy soil
Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2021 Pines are widely planted for sand dune stabilization and their cultivation results in the changes in physical, chemical, hydro-physical and water repellency properties.
Šurda Peter +4 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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Soil hydrophobicity: comparative study of usual determination methods
Ciência Rural, 2015 Hydrophobic or water repellent soils slowly absorb water because of the low wett ability of the soil particles which are coated with hydrophobic organic substances. These pose significant effects on plant growth, water infiltration and retention, surface
Eduardo Saldanha Vogelmann +4 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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Fire-induced changes in soil properties depend on age and type of forests
Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2022 Wildfires affect different physical, chemical, and hydraulic soil properties, and the magnitude of their effects varies depending on intrinsic soil properties and wildfire characteristics.
Hološ Slavomír +4 more
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Mildly hydrophobic biobased mulch: A sustainable approach to controlling bare soil evaporation
Vadose Zone Journal, 2020 Mulching with polyethylene film is the conventional approach to decrease evaporative water loss from agricultural soils, but it is not environmentally sustainable.
Jesse Lee Barnes, Michael John Nicholl
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Effect of kaolinite and Ca-montmorillonite on the alleviation of soil water repellency
Plant, Soil and Environment, 2004 The effects of adding 1-3% (weight) kaolinite or Ca-montmorillonite on the wettability of silica sand, made highly water repellent with stearic acid, was studied during wetting and prolonged drying phases at 50°C.
P. Dlapa +4 more
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Water stable aggregates of Japanese Andisol as affected by hydrophobicity and drying temperature
Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 2014 Hydrophobicity is a property of soils that reduces their affinity for water, which may help impeding the pressure build-up within aggregates, and reducing aggregate disruption.
Leelamanie D.A.L., Karube Jutaro
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