Changes in soil chemical reactions in response to straw sugar cane and vinasse

Use of sugar cane vinasse to mitigate aluminum toxicity to Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Owing to its toxicity, aluminum (Al), which is one of the most abundant metals, inhibits the productivity of many cultures and affects the microbial metabolism. The aim of this work was to investigate the capacity of sugar cane vinasse to mitigate the adverse effects of Al on cell growth, viability, and budding, as the likely result of possible chelating action. For this purpose, Fleischmann's ...

Soil Health in Response to Bio-Augmented Paddy Straw Compost

The present investigation is an account of soil quality parameters and wheat (Triticum aestivum HD-2285) yield as influenced by insitu incorporation of paddy straw and its subsequent inoculation with two cellulolytic and one lignolytic fungi. Such information may prove useful to farmers as it may provide them with an option to use the undesired crop waste as partial replacements for synthetic f...

Soil chemical and physical properties as indicators of sustainable land management under sugar cane in Papua New Guinea

The sustainability of land management was assessed for a sugar cane plantation using soil Ž . chemical and physical properties as indicators. The plantation 6000 ha was established in 1979 on a broad alluvial plain and the majority of the soils are classified as Eutric and Mollic Fluvisols Ž . Ž . 73% and Eutric Vertisols 23% . Average annual rainfall is about 2000 mm with a dry season Ž from M...

Chemical Reactions and Energy Changes

The Distribution of the Roots of Sugar Cane in the Soil in the Hawaiian Islands.

Up to the present time several excellent excavation studies of the roots of sugar cane and other crop plants have been made, from which observations of considerable value have been secured. It is generally appreciated, however, that in the biological sciences quantitative determinations are more valuable than statements of observation and for that reason the methods outlined in this paper were ...