Biochar produced during pyrolysis has the potential to enhance soil fertility and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The influence of biochar properties (e.g., particle size) on both short- and long-term carbon (C) mineralization of biochar remains unclear. There is minimal information on the potential effects of biochar particle sizes on their breakdowns by soil microorganism, so it is unknown i...

This study is a comprehensive effort to provide emission factors (EF) and estimates of the net ecosystem carbon balance (NECB) by accounting for exchanges of the most important greenhouse gases and lateral fluvial and biomass carbon exports. The authors identify the lack of such data existing for extensive organic soils and thus provide a very valuable contribution. The methodology used is base...

To develop a new and truly sustainable agriculture that reverses environmental deterioration and at the same time augmenting the supply of food, agro-ecological innovations are necessary which consider the importance of using soil information in decision-making (Ball & De la Rosa, 2006). Soils can be used for almost all agricultural purposes if sufficient inputs are supplied. The application of...

Land-use change accounted for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2000, making it the second largest source of emissions, after the power sector. These emissions arise from a change in the management of land by humans, such as conversion of forests to pasture land. The following sections will explain the role of the land, that is plants and soils, in the natural carbon cycle, and how chan...

Symbiotic effect of twenty one indigenous Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense strains obtained from nodules of soybean cultivated in India was comparatively evaluated with B. japonicum ASR011 on soybean cv. JS335 for improved nodulation and plant growth performance under greenhouse conditions. Significant variation in symbiotic potential among native B. yuanmingense strains was observed and few of them...

Effects of water stress and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycoperseci (Fol) on the growth of tomatoes were studied in a greenhouse experiment. Treatments consisted of five levels of water stress (1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 day irrigation intervals). Infested soil consisting of 400 chlamydospores g1 of Fol and non infested soil were used. Experiments arranged in a completely randomized design with 8 replicati...

Abstract. Quantifying the role of soils in nature-based solutions requires accurate estimates soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes. Technological advances allow us to measure multiple GHGs simultaneously, and now it is possible provide complete GHG budgets from (i.e., CO2, CH4, N2O fluxes). We propose that there a conflict between convenience simultaneously measuring fluxes at fixed time intervals ...

The use of eco-friendly compost, such as livestock manure, has increased due to the environmental pollution chemical fertilizers. However, many farmers manure and inorganic fertilizer together, leading excessive soil nutrients. Also, includes heavy metals, so long-term could increase metal levels, particularly in greenhouse soils. Therefore, this study aims investigate concentrations soils usin...

Galina Ivanova Ustvolskaya was born in 1919 in Petrograd and has lived there throughout her life.1 She had her formal musical training in the Leningrad Conservatory between 1937 and 1950, where she studied with Shostakovich. 2 Later she worked as a teacher in the same institution for most of her life. Although the Soviet Union possessed an elaborate system of music education (Schwarz, 1965, p. ...