abstract limitations of traditional (conventional) soil surveys and improvement of information technology have lead soil surveyors to invent new methods which are generally called digital soil mapping (dsm). the aim of these methods is the prediction of soil classes or soil properties based on easily-available or measuring environmental variables. the objective of this investigation is to study...

abstract earthworms are an important component of soil fauna, and play a crucial role in the improvement of soil properties. however, very little is known of the interactive influence of earthworms and organic materials on soil enzyme activities, particularly in arid and semi-arid soils. the low organic matter content and the significant role of earthworms in stimulating microbiological and bio...

Let $mathcal {N}_G$ denote the set of all proper‎ ‎normal subgroups of a group $G$ and $A$ be an element of $mathcal‎ ‎{N}_G$‎. ‎We use the notation $ncc(A)$ to denote the number of‎ ‎distinct $G$-conjugacy classes contained in $A$ and also $mathcal‎ ‎{K}_G$ for the set ${ncc(A) | Ain mathcal {N}_G}$‎. ‎Let $X$ be‎ ‎a non-empty set of positive integers‎. ‎A group $G$ is said to be‎ ‎$X$-d...

The impact of different concentration of zinc (Zn) and boron (B) on growth and mineral composition of lemon seedlings (Citrus Aurantifolia L.) was studied under greenhouse conditions. We used five concentration levels of B (0, 2.5, 5, 10 and 20 μg g-1 soil) and three of Zn (0, 5 and 10 μg g-1 soil). Fresh and dry plant weights of the control treatment were strongly decreased with B levels highe...

BACKGROUND The use of microarray technology has resulted in a new classification of breast cancer according to gene expression profiles. None of the reports published so far using this new classification has stratified the studied tumors by histology or size. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was restricted to the ductal infiltrating variety only, and to pT1 size using the immunohistochemical ...

1 When performing fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis on complex 2 environmental samples, difficulties related to the presence of microbial cell aggregates 3 and non-uniform background fluorescence often are encountered. The objective of this 4 study was to develop a robust and automated quantitative FISH method for complex 5 environmental samples, such as manure and soil. The me...

Plant symptoms caused by Pseudomonas syringae ...................................................1 Severity of Pseudomonas syringae ............................................................... ...2 Predisposing factors increase severity ........................................3 (Wounding, Plant Dormancy, Soil factors, Dual infections) ............... 3 Classification of Pseudomonas syringae ...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Pedology Soil genesis Soil history Soil taxonomy Soil science in the USA The formation and classification of soils have been a key area of research in the soil science discipline. Major breakthroughs have been brought about since the mid 1800s and it has evolved from conceptual frameworks, to descriptive studies to more quantitative approaches. Some 50 years ago ...