Use and management of jatropha residue is currently an important global issue for attaining sustainability in biofuel production from Jatropha curcas on wastelands. Perhaps, knowledge about the decomposition characteristics and nutrient release pattern from jatropha residues amended soils are lacking. Thus, the objective of present research was to characterize the carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) mi...

Nitrogen deposition can change the soil in N and C cycling processes. However, a general understanding of how changes mineralization has not yet been reached. Soil organic beneath dominant shrubs Haloxylon ammodendron between response to two levels addition (2.5 gN m−2 5 per year) were investigated 1st, 4th, 9th year temperate desert northern China. promoted (RmN), nitrification rate (RNN) incr...

Effects of warming and nutrient enrichment on intact unvegetated shallow-water sediment were investigated for 5 weeks in the autumn under simulated natural field conditions, with a main focus on trophic state and benthic nitrogen cycling. In a flow-through system, sediment was exposed to either seawater at ambient temperature or seawater heated 4°C above ambient, with either natural or nutrient...

Microbial pesticide degradation studies have until now mainly focused on bacteria, although fungi have also been shown to degrade pesticides. In this study we clarify the background for the ability of the common soil fungus Mortierella to degrade the phenylurea herbicide diuron. Diuron degradation potentials of five Mortierella strains were compared, and the role of carbon and nitrogen for the ...

Biomimetic mineralization of vertical N-doped carbon nanotubes is demonstrated as a straightforward route for carbon-based mineral nanocomposites. The N-doped sites along the carbon nanotube backbone play the role of nucleation sites for mineralization.

Buried horizons and lenses in riparian soil profiles harbor large amounts of carbon relative to the surrounding soil horizons. Because these buried soil horizons, as well as deep surface horizons, frequently lie beneath the water table, their impact on nitrogen transport across the terrestrial–aquatic interface depends upon their frequency and spatial distribution, and upon the lability of asso...