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I am conducting research in which I will be using a plant extract and infusing it into a wet wipe to fight the growth of bacteria and stop the spread of infections. I need to find a way to remove...
29 April 2023 2,177 2 View
Traverse's 2007 Paleopalynology (2nd Ed.) contains a chapter solely dedicated to reworked palynomorphs. If I understood correctly, spores or pollen found in rocks of older age can be released and...
04 March 2023 3,183 4 View
I want to propose a farmer a four year rice planting strategy, in which organic methods are going to be used in order to increase harvest, soil fertility, and soil carbon. It would be great if any...
18 November 2022 5,858 13 View
We use the email field as a not repeatable field, no avail. We still get 75% + fraud! Thank you for any advice! :)
18 November 2022 9,218 3 View
I have been trying to carry out FLAASH correction for EO-1 ALI image in ENVI however since the sensor is not in the default list, I am getting an error that the filter function file is not there....
08 April 2022 3,491 0 View
Hi all, I am trying to find reference values on annual soil rhizodeposition rates for different kinds of forests, with a particular interest for tropical rainforests. Do we have an idea of the...
27 January 2021 4,524 4 View
Please recommend me the best possible source from where I can get expertise in GIS and RS. Specifically for Soil Science graduates.
21 January 2021 8,272 11 View
Almost all the literature shows that the vertical distributions of soil organic carbon (SOC) & available nitrogen (N) is found decreasing with increased value of bulk density with respect to...
22 December 2020 860 10 View
Hi everyone, Thank you very much for your time to look at my question! When we prepare humic acid solution, we normally use N2 gas to protect HA from oxidization when adding NaOH to create an...
21 December 2020 5,556 5 View
Sediment is relatively younger than the soil in the depositional environment as the sediments are consequence of the accretion of particles transported either by waters or by winds, whereas, soil...
13 December 2020 5,044 18 View
It would envisage communication between soil science and other disciplines on the one hand, and farmers, foresters, industrialists, artisans, traders and local residents on the other.
11 December 2020 6,203 4 View
Dear Sir/ Madam, Greetings of the Day. Hope you all are doing well. As a beginner I want to know the what are the recent development made by soil scientist in the 21st Century ? Specifically in...
26 June 2020 8,587 14 View
Soil profile presents a two-dimensional view of the soil body. According to Hartemink (2009), the first depictions of soil profiles were made in the late 1700 long before soil science was...
13 April 2020 3,883 2 View
Hi, As a result of the articles I have read in detail, I would like to ask a few questions and await the help of those involved. First of all, I focused on the thesis of estimating categorical...
23 December 2019 6,059 3 View
I have carried out research on Characterization of soil Arsenic contamination & mitigation options through water management and varietal selection of Rice for my masters dissertation & am...
10 November 2019 5,256 5 View
There are several method for determining organic matter in soil such as black and walkley and Tyurin method. Among them which on gives the most reliable results?
19 October 2019 1,334 12 View
Several methods are available such as phytoremediation, washing, eletrokinetic treatment, and vitrification etc. So, which technique is more feasible and effective?
10 October 2019 4,278 13 View
I want to set up a pot experiment of which phytoremediation techniques should be used as to remove metals. So, which plant I should use or who are the most effective accumulators.
10 October 2019 7,328 9 View
10 October 2019 4,554 7 View
Dear all, I would like to collect soil water for isotopic and chemical analysis, Soil types found in my area are clay, clayey loam and gravelly clay. Can anybody suggest what is...
10 October 2019 1,362 5 View
What are the indicators of biochars for possessing higher aromaticity produced by slow pyrolysis process? Generally at higher temperatures the pyrolyzed biochars show higher aromaticity. What are...
18 September 2019 8,420 4 View
Hi community, for part of my hydrological research, I would like to analyse a set of soil parameters in a local lab in either Kathmandu or central Nepal (accessible from Sindhupalchowk,...
09 September 2019 443 5 View
There are numerous methods of dry and wet ashing. For plant material – most of them are equally effective. But soil samples are usually a problem. Could you please share the methods of ashing you...
08 August 2019 4,154 11 View
I am using three levels of biochar for my experiment 1. 20 g biochar per kilogram soil 2. 40 g biochar per kilogram soil 3. 60 g biochar per kilogram soil Now I want to covert it into ton...
11 July 2019 9,471 11 View