the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of bio-fertilizers on growth and development of plants in pots containing (v) vermicompost and (m) cow manure: (soil amendments) and (s) garden soil separately and in combination. in the first experiment, treatments included s (control), sm (soil + 15%m + 0%v), smv10 (soil + 15%m + 10%v), and smv20 (soil + 15%m + 20%v) by dry weight (w/w). in the...

An extensive ice body is buried under less than 20 cm to several meters of debris in Beacon Valley (Dry Valleys, Antarctica). The thermal behavior of the upper 20 m of permafrost, including the annually freezing and thawing surface (active layer) in this region of low relative humidity and very low annual precipitation, has great scientific interest. Distinctly different behavior from wet, arct...

"Terre Calde di Medolla" (TCM) (literally, "Hot Lands of Medolla") refers to a farming area in Italy with anomalously high temperatures and diffuse emissions of biogenic CO2, which has been linked to CH4 oxidation processes from a depth of 0.7 m to the surface. We herein assessed the composition of the total bacterial community and diversity of methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) in soil samples c...

employing recent technological advances in surveying and mapping soil salinity is a step forward in controlling saline soils. the aim of this study was to map the topsoil salinity, the depth of 0-5 cm, using different methods within the environmental context of the area around tashk & bakhtegan lake, with the area of 8062 ha, that in this region soil salinity appears to be a major threat to agr...

BACKGROUND Panax ginseng cannot be cultivated on the same land consecutively for an extended period, and the underlying mechanism regarding microorganisms is still being explored. METHODS Polymerase chain reaction and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) and BIOLOG methods were used to evaluate the microbial genetic and functional diversity associated with the P. ginseng rhizosp...

Soil moisture is a significant hydrological component that dynamic in nature. The variation soil the basin scale would affect vegetation, ecology and environment. trend analysis aids providing of over basin. present study aimed to analyse Lower Bhavani basin, Tamil Nadu from 2003-2022. Satellite-based Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) data was extracted Google Earth Engine (GEE) plat...

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after Playing in Playgrounds We commend Kwon et al. (2004) for their very interesting study of arsenic on the hands of children in contact with chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood structures and soil after playing in playgrounds. We would like to comment on some of their cited references and discuss the implications of the reported arsenic concentrations found in their sand/soil sample...