For fast detection of inorganic phosphorus fractions and their phosphorus contents in soil, a method employing near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) combined with partial least squares (PLS) and least squares support vector machine (LS-SVM) was proposed. Fifty soil samples for each of iron phosphate, magnesium phosphate, calcium phosphate and aluminum phosphate, with application rates of phosphate ...

cation exchange capacity and specific surface area are among some of the important soil characteristics the direct measurement of which is laborious, costly and time consuming. therefore, fractal dimension of particle size distribution has been widely studied in relation with many such dynamic and static processes as transmission of water and solutes, water holding capacity, heat storage and co...

Soil treatment of wastewater has the potential to achieve high purification efficiency, yet the understanding and predictability of purification with respect to removal of viruses and other pathogens is limited. Research has been completed to quantify the removal of virus and bacteria through the use of microbial surrogates and conservative tracers during controlled experiments with three-dimen...

The phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) pattern was analyzed in a forest humus and in an arable soil experimentally polluted with Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, or Zn at different concentrations. In both soil types, there were gradual changes in the PLFA patterns for the different levels of metal contamination. The changes in the forest soil were similar irrespective of which metal was used, while in the arable so...

Soil C sequestration may mitigate rising levels of atmospheric CO2. However, it has yet to be determined whether net soil C sequestration occurs in N-rich grasslands exposed to long-term elevated CO2. This study examined whether N-fertilized grasslands exposed to elevated CO2 sequestered additional C. For 10 years, Lolium perenne, Trifolium repens, and the mixture of L. perenne/T. repens grassl...

A field study was conducted at three sites (S1-S3) of 500m longitudinal transect along the drain, where soil was irrigated by toxic metal rich brass and electroplating industrial effluent in suburban area of Moradabad, India. Spatial and seasonal variations of total heavy metal content in soil and their effect on physico-chemical and biological properties were studied in soil samples taken from...

BACKGROUND Natural forest succession often affects soil physical and chemical properties. Selected physical and chemical soil properties were studied in an old-growth forest across a forest successional series in Dinghushan Nature Reserve, Southern China. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The aim was to assess the effects of forest succession change on soil properties. Soil samples (0-20 cm dept...

Soil quality, nitrogen, and organic matter content are increasingly being researched due to their impact on the environment. We assessed effects of different soil management practices distribution accumulation carbon (SOC) in a durum wheat–faba bean rotation system cultivated Mediterranean-type area Southern Italy, over six years. The three levels disturbance—conventional tillage (CT), minimum ...

Aims: Changes in root system architecture (RSA) and soil depth affect the decomposition rate. However, due to opacity, many variables of RSA have not been well studied or even measured. Methods: To investigate effects characteristics on rate, samples (Soil cores were collected October 2020 from Cunninghamia lanceolata Pinus taeda plantations, which 40 years old) obtained using a auger had diame...