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02 October 2017 5,261 1 View
At neolithic to modern sites it is often possible to spatially delimit a settlement or even classify functional areas with the help of a soil phosphate mapping. Does anyone know of such attempts...
28 September 2017 5,259 5 View
I, as a pedologist, are interested in the problem of training soil scientists. For example, the Moscow State University has a separate Faculty of Soil Science. There are 11 Departments. Eleven...
09 September 2017 9,920 2 View
09 September 2017 4,928 6 View
bacterial strains excretes organic acids for solubilization insoluble phosphates. Is it possible that this organic acids bond with soluble phosphate and unavailable soluble phosphate from plant root?
06 August 2017 6,764 7 View
Simulating change in ecological systems can take many forms. We are interested in making generalisations about ecological response to change, including climate and land-use intensity. We aere...
20 July 2017 6,271 3 View
Recently, i am working on the buffer capacity of soil colloid. Can anyone suggest me a method to determine the concentration of humic acid in soil colloid.
19 July 2017 4,421 2 View
Ecological risk of biofertilizers
15 July 2017 9,680 32 View
Would like to know how much N is mineralized in tropical soils annually ? Approximately 0.18 % total nitrogen, Organic carbon - 2.2 %. Average temperature 22-30 C.
07 July 2017 9,163 11 View
Which SPT-based Liquefaction triggering curve we could use for the deterministic analysis, from the field data base proposed curves of Cetin et al.(2016), (after adjusting (N1)60 for clean sand...
07 July 2017 3,453 2 View
I isolated two bacteria from different regions, but both are same genus and Species? what is the differences between them? in case of genetic composition.... or any differences
07 July 2017 7,675 16 View
07 July 2017 9,122 11 View
I plan to incubate 200 g of soil with different treatments for one month. I want to measure the gas flux of CO2, N2O and CH4 at time point of 0,7,15 and 30 days with static chamber method. A...
06 June 2017 2,438 4 View
I have measured the concentrations of N, P, K and what the guideline values for comparison. Thank you
06 June 2017 7,758 12 View
We have collected soil samples from some of our experimental sites few years back. These samples were air dried and kept in plastic containers. Can we test the microbial activity of these soils...
06 June 2017 8,196 13 View
In order to fulfill a research, we need several experimental data of cumulative infiltration curve. In addition to infiltration data, readily-available characteristics of applied soils (mainly...
06 June 2017 8,387 6 View
i want to know if soil sterilization can change C/N ratio ,N ,P and k content of soil
18 May 2017 8,913 34 View
Practice of zero tillage, avoid bush burning and incorporation of organic matter into soil.
05 May 2017 4,951 15 View
Which published pedotransfer function do you recommend for predicting AWC from clay, silt, sand, SOM and calcium carbonate?
05 May 2017 3,750 1 View
We can use sand, silt, clay, soil organic carbon and soil calcium carbonate as predictors.
05 May 2017 8,180 6 View
05 May 2017 3,769 35 View
Wet soil have good agricultural potential when drain by mole drain, surface drain and subsurface drain.
05 May 2017 7,825 12 View
We have been preparing a paper regarding on effects of long term tillage practices on soil quality indicators and I come up with a question on potantial mineralizable nitrogen (PMN) values. PMN is...
14 April 2017 533 3 View
Normally we measure Na and K using 1M NH4OAC. Someone say it is exchangeable Na and K. On the other hand, someone say it is available (water soluble+exchangeable) Na and K. I am confused which one...
12 April 2017 4,763 19 View