Currently accepted pedotransfer functions show negligible effect of management-induced changes to soil organic carbon (SOC) on plant available water holding capacity (?AWHC), while some studies the ability substantially increase ?AWHC through management. The Soil Health Institute's North America Project Evaluate Measurements measured content at field using intact cores across 124 long-term rese...

Abstract Biochars can improve soil health but have been widely shown to reduce plant-available nitrogen (N) owing their high carbon (C) content, which stimulates microbial N-immobilization. However, because biochars contain large amounts of C that are not microbially available, total elemental C:N ratio does correspond well with impacts on N. We hypothesized N would relate biochar mineralizable...

phytoremediation is an eco-friendly method for removal of pollutants, which can be relied upon as a sustainable technology, if implemented under optimum conditions of plant growth. the effectiveness of water hyacinth, a topical weed, for the removal of zinc (zn) and chromium (cr) ions from aqueous solutions has been presented in this article. the potential of this plant in removing metals by ph...

SOIL physical properties are important for plant growth, but it is necessary to separate factors that affect plant growth directly from those that affect it indirectly.Water, oxygen, temperature, and mechanical resistance are interrelated factors that affect plant growth directly. An appropriate soil-water-air environment is essential for healthy plant growth. Letey (1985) introduced a nonlimit...

In order to provide a relatively simple means of predicting live herbaceous plant moisture content from a readily available meteorological index with an accuracy adequate for fire hazard assessment, the moisture content fluctuations of certain species were correlated with the values of a seasonal drought index based on soil moisture deficiency. The simple linear regression models provided the b...

Phytoremediation is an eco-friendly method for removal of pollutants, which can be relied upon as a sustainable technology, if implemented under optimum conditions of plant growth. The effectiveness of water hyacinth, a topical weed, for the removal of Zinc (Zn) and Chromium (Cr) ions from aqueous solutions has been presented in this article. The potential of this plant in removing metals by ph...

background: although borage ( borago officinalis l.) is a valuable medicinal plant, no information is available on the responses of this plant to salinity. for this reason, it is necessary to determine responses of this plant to salinity .  objective: since germination and early growth stage is one of the most critical phases of plant life under salinity condition this experiment was conducted ...