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Open Journal of Soil Science (OJSS) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of soil science. All manuscripts must be prep…
Elizabeth Brooke Haney, Richard Lee Haney, Michael James White, Jeffrey George Arnold
The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model has been successfully used to predict alterations in streamflow, evapotranspiration and soil water; however, it is not clear how effective or accurate SWAT is at predicting crop growth. Previous research suggest…
Natalia Ivanovna Sukhanova, Tatiana Aleksandrovna Zubkova
In the territory of the Voronezh region of Russia in ordinary middle loam chernozem the elevated concentration of endogenous hydrogen streams up to 0.65% at the depth of 100 - 120 cm was detected. This phenomenon is observed in the center of depressions. The…
Pramod Sen Oli, Tej Narayan Mandal, Usha Adhikari
Soil microbial biomass is an active fraction of soil organic matter. It shows quicker response than soil organic matter to any change in the soil environment. Being an index of soil fertility, it plays a key role in the decomposition of litters and fast relea…
Ronald K. Salemme, Kenneth R. Olson, Alexander N. Gennadiyev, Roman G. Kovach
Temperate grassland soils are typically a sink for carbon. However, it is estimated that up to 99% of tallgrass prairies in North America have been converted to another land use. These conversions can lead to increased soil erosion and soil organic carbon (SO…
Jonathan W. Fox, Ahmad Khalilian, Young J. Han, Phillip B. Williams, Ali Mirzakhani Nafchi, Joe Mari Maja, Michael W. Marshall, Edward M. Barnes
Cotton root growth is often hindered in the Southeastern U.S. due to the presence of root-restricting soil layers. Tillage must be used to temporarily remove this compacted soil layer to allow root growth to depths needed to sustain plants during periods of d…
Lucky Akter, Oli Ahmed Fakir, Md. Khairul Alam, Mahbub Ul Islam, Priyanka Chakraborti, Md. Jahangir Alam, Md. Harunur Rashid, Mahfuza Begum, Md. Abdul Kader
Germination of seeds and growth of seedling respond to seed priming as priming can guard the damage of salinity stress. A study conducted in the net house of the Department of Agronomy, BAU, Mymensingh during the period from November 2012 to April 2013 invest…
Lei Hua, Jianen Gao, Meifang Zhou, Zhe Gao, Tingwu Lin, 1 1
Aiming at the problem of the low utilization ratio of water resource and fertilizers in apple orchard in loess hilly area, which is the result of both water shortage and improper fertilization, a field experiment of the regulation of water and fertilizers is…
Anjuman Ara Rajonee, Md. Jamal Uddin
The study was conducted to evaluate the changes in soil properties due to the impacts of brick kiln in the vicinity of the Kirtonkhola River, Barisal. The study was carried out by determining the physical, physico-chemical and chemical characteristics of soil…
Wei Li, Huan Chen, Chengfu Cao, Zhu Zhao, Yuqiang Qiao, Shizhou Du
Mineral fertilizers and organic amendment can affect the various soil organic matter (SOM) pools and the distribution of organic carbon (OC) and nitrogen (N) in these pools. It is unknown how OC and N are distributed in different SOM pools under different lon…
Rafiq Ahmad, Dost Muhammad, Maria Mussarat, Shah Fahad, Shahid Ullah, Taimur Ahmad, Sara Wahab
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the response of colocasia ( Colocasia esculenta ) to different levels of 0, 60, 90, 120 and 150 kg N ha -1 under farmer’s field condition at Garhi Usmani Khel, District Malakand Dargai during 2013. The experiment w…
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Open Journal of Soil Science (OJSS) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of soil science. All manuscripts must be prep… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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