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RESUMEN The present study was carried out in a Typic Hapludand soil in the municipality of ‘El Rosal’ (Colombia) and aimed to compare the yield performance of the cultivar Criolla Colombia under foliar applications of Zn chelate (0, 1, 2 and 3 kg ha) and edaphic applications of granulated Zn sulfated (0, 1, 2 and 3 kg ha). A split-plot, randomized complete block design, with four repetitions pe...

Soil quality decline represents a significant constraint on the productivity and sustainability of agriculture in the tropics. In this study, the influence of biochar, compost and mixtures of the two on soil fertility, maize yield and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions was investigated in a tropical Ferralsol. The treatments were: 1) control with business as usual fertilizer (F); 2) 10 t ha(-1) bio...

Biochar has been shown to reduce soil emissions of CO2, CH4 and N2O in short-term incubation and greenhouse experiments. Such controlled experiments failed to represent variable field conditions, and rarely included crop growth feedback. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of biochar, in comparison to green manure and mineral nitrogen, on greenhouse gas Emissions Intensity (EI ...

A study was conducted at the Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh during April to September, 2012 to determine the suitability of selected plant growth regulators and the proper use and effectiveness of selected organic manures and also their suitable combinations for successful okra production. The experiment consisted of two factors: factor A: growth regulators...

The logic of proofs LP was introduced in [3] and thoroughly studied in [1]. LP is a natural extension of the propositional calculus in the language representing proofs as formal objects. Proof expressing terms are constructed using constants, variables, and symbols of natural operations on derivations. Then formula t :F has the intended interpretation “t is a proof of F”. LP is complete with re...

Permanent grass vegetation on sloping soils is an option to protect fields from erosion, but decaying grass may liberate considerable amounts of dissolved reactive P (DRP) in springtime runoff. We studied the effects of freezing and thawing of grassed soil on surface runoff P concentrations by indoor rainfall simulations and tested whether the peak P concentrations could be reduced by amending ...

Occurrence of culturable Fungi and Oomycota in root-soil habitat of potato cv. Owacja in organic and integrated production systems at Osiny (northern Poland) was compared in 2008–2010. The densities of both pathogens were significantly greater in the organic system. The eudominant fungal taxa (with frequency > 10% in at least one habitat) included species of Fusarium + Gibberella + Haematonectr...

Removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and storing the carbon (C) in resistant soil organic matter (SOM) is a global priority to restore soil fertility and help mitigate climate change. Although it is widely assumed that retaining rather than removing or burning crop residues will increase SOM levels, many studies have failed to demonstrate this. We hypothesised that the microbial na...

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are popular flame-retardants which are highly hydrophobic and ubiquitous in the environment. Elevated concentrations of PBDEs have been found in biosolids and in agricultural soils that have received biosolids in Europe and North America over the last 5 years. A study was carried out to confirm the contamination of soil by PBDEs due to biosolids applicatio...