Food demand and soil sustainability have become urgent concerns because of the impacts of global climate change. In subtropical and tropical regions, practical management that stabilizes and prevents organic fertilizers from rapid decomposition in soils is necessary. This study conducted a short-term (70 days) incubation experiment to assess the effects of biochar application on the decompositi...

Thirty-four populations of Artemisia sieberi from 10 provinces of Iran were investigated with respect to quantitative characteristics of leaves and seeds. In each habitat, five plants were randomly selected and some branches were harvested for studying leaf characteristics in spring and seed characteristic in autumn. Principle features of climate and soil were studied in each habitat. In order ...

Surface samples have been collected from Kerala coast, Valapatanam-Azhikode deposit of northern Kerala coast. The average heavy minerals percentage shows 30.32 %. The heavy mineral assemblage of samples from area showed an appreciable percentage of opaque followed by sillimanite and zircon. The chemical analysis carried out for the present investigation, is detailed as Ferrian ilmenite. X-ray d...

This paper is the fourth in a series documenting the Entolomataceae taxa (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from Guyana. Six new species in three genera are described-Calliderma caeruleosplendens, Paraeccilia unicolorata, Trichopilus tibiiformis, T. fasciculatus, T. vividus, and T. luteolamellatus-occurring primarily in mixed tropical rainforests of the Potaro River Basin in the Pakaraima Mountains. M...

The micromorphological investigation suggested that materials with traces of ploughing, buried under the road, were in situ soils probably truncated or rearranged before burial. The analysis also showed that materials from a context at the roadside (Context 536) were not comparable to the buried soils sealed by the Roman road, and had probably been dumped or deposited by gravity at the road sid...

In the Eastern Mediterranean, where some of earliest known urban cities are located, relatively little is about soils in archaeological contexts. Red Mediterranean Soil (RMS) a hallmark region while impact long-term urbanization on RMS material understudied. this article we present evidence from longue durée cityscape Jerash, Jordan, to determine how humans have used, modified and impacted an c...

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that both human and bovine sclerotic dentin have similar hardness properties, in addition to similar micromorphological characteristics. Sixteen teeth (8 human and 8 bovine) exhibiting exposed dentin in the incisal edge and showing characteristics typical of sclerosis were used. Vickers surface microhardness testing was conducted. Three areas...