Interference between Organic Soil Conditioners Mixed with Synthetic Soil Conditioners to Improve Sandy Soil Productivity

Utilisation of distillery effluent in coastal sandy soil to improve soil fertility and yield of sugarcane

Coastal sandy soil is characterised by low fertility and poor physical properties. Distillery effluent, a liquid waste from the distillery industry contains large quantities of soluble organic matter and plant nutrients. It does not contain any toxic elements / compounds. In order to improve the physical properties and fertility of the coastal soil by utilising the distillery effluent, field ex...

Synergies between Conventional Soil Organic Carbon, Farm Productivity, Soil Sequestration and Soil Carbon Market Risk in Australia

Simulation Models of Leaf Area Index and Yield for Cotton Grown with Different Soil Conditioners

Simulation models of leaf area index (LAI) and yield for cotton can provide a theoretical foundation for predicting future variations in yield. This paper analyses the increase in LAI and the relationships between LAI, dry matter, and yield for cotton under three soil conditioners near Korla, Xinjiang, China. Dynamic changes in cotton LAI were evaluated using modified logistic, Gaussian, modifi...

Vermicompost of tannery sludge and sewage as conditioners soil with grown tomato

The objective was to evaluate the effect of tannery sludge vermicompost in the chemical properties of soil cultivated with tomato and irrigated with wastewater. The experimental design was completely randomized in a factorial 6 × 2, totaling twelve treatments with three replications. The treatments were: four tannery sludge vermicompost (25% Sludge tannery(LC) + manure T1, 25% Sludge tannery(LC...

Soil Organic Matter and Soil Productivity: Searching for the Missing Link

Soil-organic matter (SOM) is a complex array of components including soil fauna and flora at different stages of decomposition (Berg et al . , 1982). I ts concentration in soils can vary from 0.5% in mineral soils to almost 100% in peat soils (Brady, 1974). Organic matter (OM) in the surface mineral soil is considered a major determinant of forest ecosystem productivity because it affects water...