Of the many factors affecting the absorption of iron by plants, the interference of other metal ions appears quite important. Hewitt (8, 9), Nicholas (14,15), and Millikan (12,13) found nickel, cobalt, zinc, and copper to induce iron deficiencies in a number of annual crops. Nicholas found high concentrations of these interfering metals reduced the iron content of the leaves of affected plants....

Geomedicine is the science dealing with the influence of natural factors on the geographical distribution of problems in human and veterinary medicine. Discussions on potential harmful impacts on human and animal health related to soil chemistry are frequently focused on soil pollution. However, problems related to natural excess or deficiency of chemical substances may be even more important i...

Spatial discontinuity often causes poor accuracy when a single model is used for the surface modeling of soil properties in complex geomorphic areas. Here we present a method for adaptive surface modeling of combined secondary variables to improve prediction accuracy during the interpolation of soil properties (ASM-SP). Using various secondary variables and multiple base interpolation models, A...

Multiple soil moisture products have been generated from data acquired by satellite. However, these satellite soil moisture products are not spatially or temporally complete, primarily due to track changes, radio-frequency interference, dense vegetation, and frozen soil. These deficiencies limit the application of soil moisture in land surface process simulation, climatic modeling, and global c...

Deficiencies of micronutrients in avocado trees are often an important problem in southern California avocado orchards. Results of recent research show more clearly that fertilization practice has an important influence on the micronutrient nutrition of avocado trees. Specifically, this paper presents 3 years of research data from a field experiment dealing with the effects of soil applications...

Although oil-based drilling fluids are of paramount practical and economical interest, they represent a serious source of pollution, once released into the environment as drill cuttings. The aim of this study is to assess the capability of isolated microorganisms to degrade gasoil fuel. The commonly used physicochemical and biodegradation remediation techniques of petroleum contaminated soil we...

The research progresses in static and dynamics tests, constitutive models, interface elements, model tests and field tests of pile soil interface are summarized, and the problems and deficiencies in the current research are analyzed. It is pointed out that research on the dynamic characteristics of pile soil interface widely seen in practical engineering are in lack. Especially, big size experi...