ÐChanges in land use and management of tropical systems are considered to be major factors in the recent upsurge in increases in atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). Studies were initiated in western Puerto Rico grasslands to determine the e€ect of plowing, or liming and fertilizing an acid Oxisol on the soil±atmosphere exchanges of N2O and CH4. Weekly ®eld ̄ux measurements and ®el...

Seed treatment with a 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG)-producing Pseudomonas strain ameliorated abiotic stress disorder in corn caused by growth in a low-pH soil. In two consecutive growing seasons, Wood1R-treated seed gave rise to plants that grew taller (P<or=0.05), had fewer foliar lesions (P<or=0.10), and provided greater yields (P<or=0.1) than the negative controls when grown in soil with...

Soil acidity can affect plant growth directly and indirectly by affecting the plantavailability of nutrients, levels of phytotoxic elements, and microbial activity. Soils may become acidic in the long term as a result of several natural processes. In the short term, however, soil acidity develops mainly due to application of N fertilizers or manure, primarily those having high concentrations of...

We studied microbial communities in two paddy soils, which did not receive nitrogen fertilization and were distinguished by the soil properties. The two microbial communities differed in the relative abundance of gram-negative bacteria and total microbial biomass. Variability in microbial communities between the two fields was related to the levels of phosphorus and soil moisture. Redundancy an...

A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of liming on chemical properties of wheat field soils and yield of wheat in Ranisankail soil series of Bangladesh. There were eight treatments of liming material applied from dolomite (CaCO3.MgCO3). Yield and yield components of wheat were recorded at harvest and the grain and straw were analyzed for P, S, Ca and Mg contents. The post harvest soils ...

The relationship between acid soils and (1) early nodulation in common beans, (2) interstrain competitiveness of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli strains and (3) tannin concentration in roots, were evaluated in two experiments. Ten Phaseolus vulgaris cultivars of different seed tannin content were grown in pots in a greenhouse in soil at pH 4.5 or 5.5, inoculated with equal amounts of strai...

A new soil extractant (HA) with the ability to extract NH4, NO3, and P from soil was developed and tested against 32 soils, which varied greatly in clay content, organic carbon (C), and soil pH. The extractant (HA) eliminates the need for separate phosphorus (P) extractants for acid and calcareous soils and maintains the extract pH, on average, within one unit of the soil pH. The extractant is ...

posting has some disadvantages that include nutrient and C loss during composting, the cost of land, equipManure or compost application based on N needs of corn (Zea ment, and labor required for composting, and odor assomays L.) may result in soil accumulation of P, N, and other ions, ciated with composting. since the manure or compost N/P ratio is usually smaller than the corn N/P uptake ratio...

A method is described for efficiently concentrating enteroviruses from soil. Viruses were eluted from soil by mechanical agitation in high pH glycine buffer containing ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. The eluted viruses were concentrated on a floc that formed de novo upon adjustment of the soil eluate to 0.06 M aluminum chloride and pH 3.5. Viruses not pelleted with the floc were concentrated b...