1 www.ijeas.org  Abstract— Soil contamination from industrial effluents and mining activities is a widespread concern all over the world. Generally soil act as the buffer zone between atmosphere and underground water, thus soil contamination creates a serious threat to soil and to the surrounding biosphere. This research program is aimed to make an in-depth investigation about the remediation ...

In order to satisfactorily reproduce the Soil-Structure Interaction (SSI) effects under earthquake loading, it is often necessary to model a large domain of the soil surrounding the structure of interest. High spatial/temporal resolution is another challenge in analyzing these models. A new parallel nonlinear finite element program, ParCYCLIC, is employed to study such high fidelity large-scale...

Laboratory soil bioassays were performed at economic field rates for in-furrow (3.85 x 10(6)spores/g dry soil) and broadcast (3.85 x 10(5)spores/g dry soil) applications with three isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae (F52, ATCC62176, and ARSEF5520) and one isolate of Beauveria bassiana (GHA). All isolates tested were infective to second instar Delia radicum (L.). The conditionally registered M. ...

An integrated Expert Geographical Information System (EXGIS) is presented and applied for the evaluation of the suitability of soil and climatic conditions of in area of southern Greece, for five crops. EXGIS is an integration of an Expert System shell, designed for the manipulation of knowledge concerning soil suitability for agricultural uses, with the commercial GIS package PC ARC/INFO. The ...

Two coastal walk trails in south-western Australia were subjected to a specific soil erosion and microtopography assessment between 2004–2007. A point intercept (PIN) frame was used to evaluate change over time to the trail profile. Estimates of soil loss are quantified and discussed in relation to previous historical use and a lack of appropriate management intervention. The results show that ...

This paper discusses site selection process for biological soil conservation planning. It was supported by a valuefocused approach and spatial multi-criteria evaluation techniques. A first set of spatial criteria was used to design a number of potential sites. Next, a new set of spatial and non-spatial criteria was employed, including the natural factors and the financial costs, together with t...

to evaluate tolerance of rice genotypes (oryza sativa l.) to soil/water salinity and to utilize selected tolerant genotypes in rice breeding program and further agronomy and physilogical studies 56 rice genotypes have been evaluated. of which 40 rice genotypes from international rice research institute (irri) together with 16 selected tolerant rice genotypes have been tested in two separate exp...

Measuring changes in soil carbon levels is a difficult task. Uncertainty about soil carbon measurement, monitoring, and verification is affecting agriculture’s role as an offset provider under a cap-and-trade program. There is ample evidence that skepticism is warranted. Soil carbon varies significantly at short distances—the carbon difference between samples collected within a meter can easily...

Though much research has been conducted regarding traction of tires in soft granular terrain, little empirical data exist on the motion of soil particles beneath a tire. A novel experimentation and analysis technique has been developed to enable detailed investigation of robot interactions with granular soil. This technique, the Shear Interface Imaging Analysis method, provides visualization an...

Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis of a soil microbial community was coupled with (13)C isotope tracer analysis to measure the community's response to addition of 35 microg of [(13)C]toluene ml of soil solution(-1). After 119 h of incubation with toluene, 96% of the incorporated (13)C was detected in only 16 of the total 59 PLFAs (27%) extracted from the soil. Of the total (13)C-enriched P...