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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…
Natalya Smirnova, Michael Scott Demyan, Frank Rasche, Georg Cadisch, Torsten Müller
Measurements of carbon dioxide (CO 2 )-evolution from soils are important in evaluating biomass and activity of soil microorganisms, as well as decomposition of soil organic matter. The Respicond VI is a fully computerized system allowing continuous measureme…
J. G. Benjamin, D. C. Nielsen, M. F. Vigil, M. M. Mikha, F. Calderon
A study was conducted at Akron, CO, USA, on a Weld silt loam in 2004 to quantify the effects of water deficit stress on corn ( Zea mays , L.) root and shoot biomass. Corn plants were grown under a range of soil bulk density and water conditions caused by prev…
K. R. Olson, A. N. Gennadiyev, R. G. Kovach, T. E. Schumacher
The primary objective of this research was to predict changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) and total soil nitrogen (TSN) stocks as a result of land use change from prairie to agricultural land if the mesic-frigid temperature line moved north in the US and the…
Celerino Quezada, Maria A. Soriano, José Díaz, Ricardo Merino, Alejandro Chandía, Jorge Campos, Marco Sandoval
The effects of soil physical properties on yield components, grape quality and grapevine yield cv. Cabernet Sauvignon in Ultic Palexeralf soils located in Central Southern Chile were assessed. The experimental design was completely randomized with three treat…
Rolf Sommer, Colin Piggin, David Feindel, Muhammad Ansar, Lona van Delden, Kayoko Shimonaka, Jihad Abdalla, Osama Douba, George Estefan, Atef Haddad, Rousheen Haj-Abdo, Ali Hajdibo, Pierre Hayek, Yaseen Khalil, Ahmed Khoder, John Ryan
Zero-tillage (ZT) and crop residue retention on the soil surface—two components of Conservation Agriculture (CA)—have been identified as promising management practices for sustainable agri- cultural intensification for some time. However, CA technology uptake…
Ashoka Sarker, Md. Abul Kashem, Khan Towhid Osman, Imam Hossain, Farzana Ahmed
An incubation study was conducted in laboratory to determine the effect of lime (L) as CaCO 3 and phosphorus (P) as TSP on soil pH and available soil P in an acid soil. Four rates of L equivalent to 0, 1, 2 and 3 ton CaCO3 ha -1 and four rates of P equivalent…
Ashoka Sarker, Md. Abul Kashem, Khan Towhid Osman
A pot experiment was carried out to determine the effect of lime and phosphorus on the growth and nutrient uptake by Indian spinach ( Basella alba L.) on an acidic soil. The experimental soil was amended with four levels of lime (0, 500, 1000 and 2000 kg CaCO…
Deb O’Dell, Thomas J. Sauer, Bruce B. Hicks, Dayton M. Lambert, David R. Smith, Wendy Bruns, August Basson, Makoala V. Marake, Forbes Walker, Michael D. Wilcox Jr., Neal Samuel Eash
Global food demand requires that soils be used intensively for agriculture, but how these soils are managed greatly impacts soil fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Soil management practices can cause carbon to be either sequestered or emitted, with correspondi…
Sajal Roy, Md. Abul Kashem
A laboratory incubation experiment of 60 days was carried out to observe the changes of soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), soil organic carbon (SOC), and potassium chloride extractable nitrogen ( ) in a soil to which three animal manures viz. cow dung (CD…
Vincent O. Akpoveta, Steven A. Osakwe, Osaro K. Ize-Iyamu, Weltime O. Medjor, Felix Egharevba
This study focuses on the post effect of flooding on soil quality parameters in agricultural farmlands in Nigeria. Soil samples were collected from farmland in Alihame Agbor, Ika South local government area of Delta state, Okwei in Asaba, Oshimil South local…
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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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