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Muhammad Usman; Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman; Muhammad Rizwan; Tahir Abbas; Muhammad Ashar Ayub; Asif Naeem; Hesham F. Alharby; Nadiyah M. Alabdallah; Basmah M. Alharbi; Muhammad Javid Qamar; Shafaqat Ali
... Cadmium (Cd) is getting worldwide attention due to its continuous accumulation in agricultural soils which is due to anthropogenic activities and finally Cd enters in food chain mainly through edible plants. Cadmium free food production on contaminated soils is great challenge which requires some innovative measures for crop production on such soils. The current study evaluated the efficiency of z ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; dust; particulates; wind; wind erosion; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Wind erosion of agricultural soils affects their stock of essential elements for plants, like phosphorus (P). It is known that the composition of the eroded sediments varies with height, according to the size and density of the transported substances. Aim of this study was to analyze the concentration and enrichment ratios of P forms in sediments transported by the wind. A wind-tunnel study was pe ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; field experimentation; oxadiargyl; preemergent weed control; Show all 4 Subjects
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... A field experiment was conducted on sandy loam soils to identify alternate weed management treatments to economically manage weeds and improve mustard growth and yield of mustard. Among tested weed management treatments, higher growth parameters, higher yield attributes (number of siliquae/plants and seeds/siliquae) and yield of mustard were observed under inter-cultivation and hand weeding twice ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; meteorological data; rain; saturated hydraulic conductivity; silt loam soils; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The sensitivity of infiltration predictions by Hydrus‐1D and Green‐Ampt models to rainfall discretisation was investigated by assessing the accuracy of infiltration predictions with rainfall rate profiles at step sizes D between 2 and 1440 min. Five peak rainfall profiles and one sine‐wave rainfall profile, all with a cumulative rainfall amount of 28.8 cm and a duration of 24 h were used. Discrete ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; aerosols; air; dust; environmental science; molecular weight; soil texture; wind; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are major organic pollutants in soil. It is known that they are released to the atmosphere by wind via dust aerosol generation. However, it remains unclear how these pollutants are transferred through the air/soil interface. In this study, dust aerosols were generated in the laboratory using soils (sandy loam and loam) with various physicochemical properties ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; barley; controlled traffic systems; deep tillage; no-tillage; research; tires; traffic; wheat; Show all 9 Subjects
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... This paper reports on a 3 × 3 factorial study to consider the effects of controlled traffic (CTF), low tyre inflation pressure (high flexion) tyres (LTP) and standard tyre inflation pressure (STP) farming systems for deep, shallow and zero tillage practices on the yield of wheat, barley, oats and field beans grown in a sandy loam soil in the UK. The main effect of tillage showed that the zero till ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; cerrado; clay fraction; field capacity; irrigation; plant analysis; potassium; rain intensity; runoff; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Cerrado has soils characterized by high rates of nutrient losses, either by runoff or leaching, caused mainly by rainfall intensity in the region. Among nutrients, potassium, due to its characteristics, has great potential of being lost by leaching. Thus, this study evaluates the effect of application of potassium (K) fertilizer and different irrigation depths on the potential for K leaching in so ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide production; citric acid; particle size; soil pH; titration; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Accurate predictions of the short-term reactivity of liming products are needed for situations where rapid soil pH adjustment is desired. Lime efficiency (LE) describes the capacity of a liming material to neutralize soil acidity in comparison with a finely ground CaCO₃ standard (LE = 100%). Our objectives were to evaluate LE for calcitic liming materials varying in particle size at 1–12 months af ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; Lolium; macropores; microbial activity; mineralization; neck; porosity; silt loam soils; soil organic carbon; Show all 9 Subjects
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... The addition of exogenous organic matter (EOM) generally stimulates microbial activity and shapes soil structure, likely with stronger effects at a higher application dose. It is not known, however, if and how the application dose of EOM would impact its own mineralisation and that of native soil organic carbon (SOC) by such mediation of soil pore network structure. In 90-day soil incubation exper ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; Glossudalfs; Poa annua; ethephon; heat sums; irrigation; plant growth; research; turf grasses; Michigan; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Research was conducted from 2002 to 2006 to determine optimum application timings for the chemical seedhead suppression of annual bluegrass (AB) [Poa annua L. var. reptans (Hauskins) Timm.] by single applications of the plant growth regulators ethephon (EP) (2‐chloroethylphosphonic acid) or EP plus trinexapac‐ethyl (TE) [4‐(cyclopropyl‐alpha‐hydroxymethylene)‐3, 5‐dioxo‐cyclohexanecarboxylic acid ...
... Colistin has broad-spectrum activity against Gram-negative bacteria and has been considered as the last-resort treatment for multiantibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria infections in human. And it is also world widely utilized as a veterinary medicine for the promotion of growth, prevention and control of diseases in livestock and poultry. Extensive use of colistin in husbandry results in the ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; acidity; aluminum; clay; electrical conductivity; irrigation; liquid wastes; manganese; pH; phytotoxicity; sludge; tap water; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Liquid waste (sludge water (SW)) from treatment of drinking water contains impurities which pose disposal challenges. Irrigation with SW could be a solution for the Morton Jaffray Water Works. This study was conducted to determine the effects of SW dilution on aluminium (Al) and manganese (Mn) concentrations in (a) leachates from columns with either clay or a sandy loam soil and (b) different dept ...
... Dairy processing sludge (DPS) is a bio-based alternative to chemical phosphorus (P) fertilizer in agriculture. However, there is limited information on the effect of bio-waste on P dynamics in soils with varying textures amended with treated DPS. Changes in P availability and supply potential, were measured in mineral soils amended with anaerobic digested (AD-DPS) and lime-stabilized dairy process ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; Jerusalem artichokes; agronomy; biomass; energy; healthy diet; inulin; leaves; medicine; nutritive value; raw materials; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Jerusalem artichoke is a staple for the raw material base of healthy food, beverages, feed, medicine, and fuel, in addition to being the source of its herbage and tubers. The choice of conditions for cultivating a variety depends on the purpose or direction for the crop and the products obtained from it. This research involved laboratory and on-farm studies of 16 Jerusalem artichoke varieties of d ...
... Nutrients’ mineralization‐immobilization in soil is crucial for their management in crop production. An incubation experiment was conducted to study the effects of phosphorus levels on mineralization of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) under three soil types in laboratory conditions at the National Soil Science Research Center in Nepal with 3 × 4 factorial completely randomized design. Two factors ...
sandyloamsoils, etc ; adsorption; benzene; chemical industry; environmental management; neural networks; organic matter; pH; prediction; silt loam soils; temperature; Show all 11 Subjects
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... The adsorption of benzene on soils is specifically associated with its migration and transformation. Although previous studies have proved that the adsorption of benzene is affected by various factors, studies simultaneously considering the effects of multiple factors are rare. This study aimed to identify the qualitative and quantitative relationships between multiple influential factors and the ...
... Prolonged waterlogging in agricultural fields has severe consequences for the crop development and growth, and could potentially lead to higher N losses. In this study, a 3.93 ha agricultural field in Denmark was separated into two parts of well-drained (WD) and poorly-drained (PD) based on the installation depth of the tile drains. The field was continuously monitored for drainage, soil water dyn ...
... Carinata (Brassica carinata A. Braun) is a potential crop for biofuel production, but the risk of injury resulting from carryover of soil herbicides used in rotational crops is of concern. The present study evaluated the carryover risk of imazapic and flumioxazin for carinata. Label rates of imazapic (70 g ai ha–¹) and flumioxazin (107 g ai ha–¹) were applied 24, 18, 12, 6, and 3 mo before carinat ...
... The influence of soil surface gradient on rainfall infiltration and related surface runoff generation are not well understood for representation in hydrologic modeling because of conflicting theoretical formulations and experimental results available in the scientific literature. The main objective of this study is to integrate and extend previous laboratory experiments using artificial rainfall o ...
... An experiment on performance of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) cultivars under different plant populations during summer season (February to March 2021) was conducted at the Experimental Farm of Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Odisha, on sandy loam soil in split plot design with three varieties (YLM 66, YLM 17 and TIL1) in main plots and four plant populations (30 c ...