Knowledge of the distribution in soil of radionuclides deposited following the release their to the environment is important for a reliable assessment of external dose and root uptake by plants. In order to predict the downward migration of radionuclide we should know the evolution in time the parameters of the model describing distribution of the radionuclide in soil layer. In this paper diffu...

As toxic pesticide residues may persist in agricultural soils and cause environmental pollution, research on natural fungicides to replace the synthetic compounds is currently increasing. The effect of the synthetic fungicide chlorothalonil and a natural potential fungicide on the soil microbial activity was evaluated here by the substrate-induced respiration by addition of glucose (SIR), as bi...

Marton (Argillic Perched-gley Pallic, Typic Endoaqualf), Ohakune (Typic Orthic Allophanic, Typic Hapludand), and Westmere (Mottled Mafic Melanic, Mollic Hapludalf) soils with differing structural vulnerability were compared at matched sites under different land uses. Topsoil samples (0-10 cm) from indigenous forest (>50 yr), permanent pasture (>50 yr), pine plantation (>20 yr), or arable croppi...

Agricultural land is typically managed based on visible plant life at the expense of the belowground majority. However, microorganisms mediate processes sustaining plant life and the soil environment. To understand the role of microbes we first must understand what controls soil microbial community assembly. We assessed the distribution and composition of prokaryotic communities from soils repr...

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from a maize field in the North China Plain (Wangdu County, Hebei Province, China) were investigated using static chambers during two consecutive maize growing seasons in the 2008 and 2009. The N2O pulse emissions occurred with duration of about 10 days after basal and additional fertilizer applications in the both years. The average N20 fluxes from the CK (control...

Despite their great importance, Holocene–Late Pleistocene sediments are poorly studied in the valleys of rivers Krasnoyarsk forest-steppe territory. We present first detailed study geochemical composition floodplain terrace valley Berezovka River, and continuous accumulation that occurred at Late Pleistocene-Holocene (from 20833 ± 519 cal yr BP). This is fundamental importance basis for further...

In-situ soil assessment such as field compaction can often be a helpful approach in help determining suitability for certain crops. In this study, an was conducted to characterize the Soil Penetration Resistance (SPR) planted sago palm (Metroxylon spp.) plantation at different growth of rosette and trunking stages under mineral soils ecosystem. SPR in-situ would provide beneficial guideline sit...