*Galina N. Koptsik and Svetlana Yu. Livantsova, Soil Science Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia; Serguei V. Koptsik, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia. *Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT Soil conservation has fundamental significance for biodiversity conservation and sustainable land use. Variations in soil types within the ...

Many of the yellow earths in the Western Australian wheatbelt have naturally acidic subsoils which can reduce the yield of wheat grown on them. Current methods of assessing soil acidity cannot identify which soils have subsoil acidity severe enough to restrict wheat yields. We conducted 53 field experiments at 34 sites in 5 regions over 3 years to determine the relationship between yield of whe...

In many crop producing areas of the world there are reports of yield decline and loss of productive potential in soils. Little is known about the long term effects of sugarcane monocropping on changes in physical, chemical and biological properties of soils. The aim of this study was to quantify the physical and chemical condition of soils under sugarcane production in northern Kwazulu-Natal, a...

Long-term (1987-2012) water quality monitoring in 36 acid-sensitive Swedish lakes shows slow recovery from historic acidification. Overall, strong acid anion concentrations declined, primarily as a result of declines in sulfate. Chloride is now the dominant anion in many acid-sensitive lakes. Base cation concentrations have declined less rapidly than strong acid anion concentrations, leading to...

Soil acidification in tea plantations has become a key factor restricting the development of industry. Biochar reduces soil acidity significantly and good short-term effects acidic improvement plantation trials, but duration effect long-term environmental biochar are still unclear. In this study, to which was applied five years ago studied. The separated analyzed for surface elements, aluminum ...

Alleviation of subsoil acidity with lime or gypsum increases carbon (C) accumulation in deep layers by stimulating root growth and C nitrogen (N) inputs at depth. However, the effects these amendments combined N fertilization on soil CO2 emissions remain controversial. We evaluated superficial application N-fertilizer dynamics microbial use efficiency (MicCUE) samples taken from topsoil (0–10 c...

This study employs a diverse set of variables to explain slope stabilization on stable versus failure-prone revegetated cut-slopes in Korea. A field survey was conducted at potential unstable sites and stable sites using 23 variables. Through a non-parametric test of the field survey results, 15 variables were identified as primary determinants of slope failure. Of these variables, one describe...

In this study effect of application of food waste vermicomposts to soil on antioxidant compounds, fruit yield and quality of sweet pepper (Capsicum annum L.) were investigated in field condition. Four vermicompost levels (0, 5, 10 and 15 t/ha) were applied to soil based on a randomized complete block design with three replications. The results showed that the highest (21.87 kg m2)and lowest (14...