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humus, etc ; cellulose; metabolism; pollution; protocatechuic acid; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Promoting humus production by composting is meaningful for decreasing organic wastes pollution, and repairing contaminated environment. However, the interaction of multiple humus formation pathways has limited to understand how to improve humus formation by composting. Here, humus formation has been divided into biotic and abiotic pathways to quantify their synergy to humus formation. Monomolecula ...
humus, etc ; combustion; inventories; organic carbon; soil; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The content of soil organic matter (SOM) is a fundamental characteristic of the humus status of soils. The dichromatometric method based on a significant variety of measurement approaches is actively used in world practice to assess the SOM content. The unification of methods for determining the SOM content and other soil parameters is an international communication tool, which enables the interac ...
humus, etc ; evolution; free radicals; humification; technology; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The production of free radicals has been widely documented in natural systems, where they play an important role in most organic matter and contaminants transformation. Here, the production and evolution of free radicals were systematically investigated during composting. Results indicated that multiple reactive oxygen species and environmentally persistent free radicals (G-factor 2.003–2.004) wer ...
humus, etc ; Ficus; canopy; death; leaves; phosphorus; soil; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Hemiepiphytic figs killing their host trees is an ecological process unique to the tropics. Yet the benefits and adaptive strategies of their special life history remain poorly understood. We compared leaf phosphorus (P) content data of figs and palms worldwide, and functional traits and substrate P content of hemiepiphytic figs (Ficus tinctoria), their host palm and nonhemiepiphytic conspecifics ...
humus, etc ; mobile telephones; soil ecosystems; taxonomy; topsoil; Show all 5 Subjects
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... It was time to take stock. We modified the humipedon classification key published in 2018 to make it easier and more practical. This morpho-functional taxonomy of the topsoil (humipedon) was only available in English; we also translated it into French and Italian. A standardized morpho-functional classification of humipedons (roughly the top 30–40 cm of soil: organic and organomineral surface hori ...
humus, etc ; Pinus banksiana; canopy; rhizosphere; sand; soil density; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The aim of the research was to identify the influence of environmental factors inherent in the alluvial and displaced sands of the study region on the growth of the Jack pine and the prospects for its cultivation. We found that the success of growth of Jack pine seedlings on sandy soils depends on a set of factors, which include the presence or absence, in the rhizosphere of sand, of humus impurit ...
humus, etc ; canopy; cultivars; fruits; irrigation; plums; rootstocks; seedlings; Hungary; Show all 9 Subjects
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... In contrast to other European countries, the nurseries in Hungary mainly use Myrobalan seedlings as rootstock for plum trees; no experience with other rootstocks is available yet. The aim of our research was to gather experience and recommend rootstocks to growers that are adapted to the climatic conditions and can be used in high-density intensive orchards. In the experiment, six rootstocks (Myro ...
humus, etc ; Actinobacteria; compost quality; lignin; metagenomics; polyphenols; sugars; technology; Show all 8 Subjects
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... This study was the first to explore the effect of shell powder (SP) on lignin degradation and humus (HS) formation during composting. The results showed that the treatment group (T) with SP consumed more polyphenols, reducing sugar and amino acids than the control group (CK), especially the rate of reducing sugar consumption in T (50.61 %) was significantly higher than CK (28.40 %). SP greatly enh ...
humus, etc ; administrative management; carbon; carbon dioxide; models; prediction; soil carbon; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Organic amendments are important to sustain soil organic matter (SOM) and soil functions in agricultural soils. Information about the contribution of organic amendments to SOM can be derived from incubation experiments. In this study, data from 72 incubated organic amendments including plant residues, digestates and manure were analysed. The incubation data was compiled from three experimental set ...
humus, etc ; bioenergy; biosphere; coal; forestry; plant nutrition; soil; soil conservation; Show all 8 Subjects
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... This review article discusses humic substances – specific organic compounds, which are the substantial part of the bioenergy matrix of the food chains of living creatures and the essence of the exchange interaction of those media. The dead organisms (mostly plants) are transformed into humic substances. A prerequisite for creating the monograph was a steady interest in humic substances from humus ...
humus, etc ; digital elevation models; forest management; forests; inventories; radar; trees; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The forest growing stock is one of the key indicators in monitoring forest resources, and its quantitative estimation is of great significance. Based on multi-source data, including Sentinel-1 radar remote sensing data, Sentinel-2 optical remote sensing data, digital elevation model (DEM), and inventory data for forest management planning and design, the Lasso feature selection method was used to ...
humus, etc ; bacterial communities; cattle manure; cellulose; composting; corn straw; equations; technology; Show all 8 Subjects
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... This study aimed to reveal the potential mechanism of influence exogenous cellulose-degrading bacteria (ECDB) exerted on humus synthesis during the co-composting of corn straw and cattle manure. By measuring the changes in physicochemical factors and bacterial communities, it was revealed that inoculation with ECDB enhanced the driving force of cellulose degradation and humus synthesis. ECDB not o ...
humus; humus horizons, etc ; Gleysols; Podzols; absorption; biodegradation; carbon; centrifugation; dissolved organic matter; filtration; fluorescence; hydrophobicity; lysimeters; molecular weight; soil pore system; soil water; transportation; water content; water solubility; Show all 19 Subjects
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... This paper examines the composition and properties of water-soluble organic substances in relation to their localization in different parts of soil pore space, which determines the organic matter’s susceptibility to biodegradation. Water-soluble organic substances contained in the sod and humus horizons of a Mollic Gleysol were extracted from pores more and less than 30 μm in diameter using sequen ...
humus, etc ; Actinobacteria; bacterial communities; carbon; cellulose; cow manure; lignocellulose; species diversity; Show all 8 Subjects
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... This study investigated the effects of biochar-based solid acids (SAs) on carbon conversion, alpha diversity and bacterial community succession during cow manure composting with the goal of providing a new strategy for rapid carbon conversion during composting. The addition of SA prolonged the thermophilic phase and accelerated the degradation of lignocellulose; in particular, the degradation time ...
humus, etc ; anaerobic digestion; animal manures; bioavailability; biogas; composts; product utilization; sulfides; toxicity; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Anaerobic digestion and composting are attracting increasing attention due to the increased production of animal manure. It is essential to know about the fate and bioavailability of heavy metals (HMs) for further utilisation of animal manure. This review has systematically summarised the migration of HMs and the transformation of several typical HMs (Cu, Zn, Cd, As, and Pb) during anaerobic diges ...
humus; humus horizons, etc ; Chernozems; Holocene epoch; Luvisols; Phaeozems; Russia; carbon radioisotopes; climate; color; evolution; forests; geographical distribution; paleosolic soil types; prototypes; soil formation; steppes; trees; Central European region; North America; Show all 20 Subjects
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... The genesis of soils with the second humus horizon (SHH)—the most striking relict feature in the profiles of soddy-podzolic (Retisols) and gray (forest) soils (Luvisols)—is discussed. The Middle Holocene radiocarbon age of the SHH, its dark color, and the discrepancy of its properties and the properties of modern humus horizons of forest soils have specified the main issues in the study of SHH: th ...
humus, etc ; biochar; carbon 14; chlorpyrifos; field experimentation; paddies; pollution; poultry manure; rice; risk; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Chlorpyrifos (CPF), as an organophosphate insecticide extensively used in the modern agricultural system, has been gradually banned in many countries due to its reported health risks to organisms, including humans. This study used simulated paddy field experiments and carbon-14 tracing to explore the possibility of reducing environmental risks of chlorpyrifos application through appropriate agrono ...
humus, etc ; clay; climate; data collection; prediction; risk; sand; saturated hydraulic conductivity; silt; Austria; Show all 10 Subjects
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... In the light of a changing climate, access to high quality soil information is gaining immense significance. Soil parameters are fundamental for modeling hydrological processes, which is crucial for solving problems like identifying zones at risk of pluvial floods. Currently, there is no single data product available which covers the whole study area and still displays the variability of local soi ...
humus, etc ; Castanea; climate; diagnostic techniques; geography; museums; permafrost; soil classification; soil types; steppes; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Cryoaridic soils were proposed to be identified as an individual genetic soil type by Vladimir Volkovintser in the 1970s. Volkovintser argued that the specific properties of these soils are in good agreement with the soil-forming factors: ultracontinental climate, cryoxerophytic steppe or tundra-steppe vegetation, dry permafrost, and skeletal parent material. In cryoaridic soils, the properties of ...
humus, etc ; bioavailability; biochar; food production; food security; fractionation; highlands; paddies; remediation; straw; wheat; zeolites; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Threats posed by Cd-contaminated arable soils to food security have attracted increasing attention. The combination of organic and inorganic amendments has been extensively applied to immobilize Cd in paddy soils. However, the regulatory mechanism of Cd fractionation under these combined amendments and the effect on wheat Cd accumulation remain unclear in upland soils. In this work, different comb ...