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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…
Alden D. Smartt, Kristofor R. Brye, Christopher W. Rogers, Richard J. Norman, Edward E. Gbur, Jarrod T. Hardke, Trent L. Roberts
Quantifying methane (CH 4 ) emissions from cultivated rice ( Oryza sativa L.) production in the field has received increased attention recently due to methane’s importance as a greenhouse gas. The enclosed-headspace chamber technique is the standard methodolo…
Rakesh Awale, Amitava Chatterjee, Hans Kandel, Joel K. Ransom
Installing tile drainage facilitates early planting and field operations, and tiling has tremendously increased in the Red River Valley (RRV) due to recent wet cycles. This experiment studied tile drainage and N-fertilizer management effects on N availability…
Ryan Norman, Kristofor R. Brye, Edward E. Gbur, Pengyin Chen, John Rupe
Soil water retention is a critical aspect of agricultural management, especially in areas such as the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley that face potential water shortages in the near future. Previous studies have linked changes in soil water retention…
Shahin Sultana, Md. Abul Kashem, Abul K. M. M. Mollah
A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the comparative effect of cow manure vermicompost and NPK fertilizers on the growth and flower production of Zinnia ( Zinnia elegans ) . An air dried sandy loam soil was mixed with four rates of NPK fertilizer equ…
Zofia Fischer, Pavel Blažka
Drying of soil was linearly related to time, soil volume decreased and ratio of air within the soils increased. Respiration was related with decreasing humidity, storage of CO 2 in soil water results in RQ < 0.5 in the larger soil items at least for a while.…
Revocatus Petro, Francis Laswai, Mohammed Mijai, Geofrey Nyaradani, Chelestino Balama
The study on assessment of factors affecting tree husbandry and woodlots establishment was carried out between September and November 2014 in all seven districts of Kilimanjaro region, namely Hai, Siha Rombo, Mwanga, Same, Moshi Rural and Moshi Municipal Coun…
Jesper K. V. Nielsen, Howard J. Woodard
A field study in 2014 documented corn and soybean biomass and nutrient responses between conventional-till and no-till tillage systems at Beresford, SD during cooler than normal weather conditions with adequate soil moisture. The overall study was established…
Takamitsu Kai, Masaki Mukai, Kiwako S. Araki, Dinesh Adhikari, Motoki Kubo
Physical and biochemical properties of apple orchard soils of different productivities (orchard A: 30 t · ha - 1 ; orchard B: 20 t · ha - 1 ) were analyzed. Most of the physical properties were similar in both orchards. In orchard A, the horizon…
Bente Foereid
Soil cores from a field growing barley and barley mutants without root hairs under conventional and minimum tillage were sampled. They were X-ray scanned to produce a 3D image and then the roots were washed out and weight and length were determined by convent…
Serge-Étienne Parent, Léon E. Parent
Soil organic matter (SOM) is a key factor for building and maintaining soil quality. The SOM quality is commonly assessed using densitometric and sieving separation methods, but such methods do not inform on the biochemical composition of SOM. Our objective 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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