In forensic science, soil, dust, and vegetable traces have as high a value as evidence as classical traces such as fingerprints or toolmarks. It is imperative that the potential information in these traces can be identified by a combination of analytical methods selected by a qualified expert. Experience has shown that the best results can be expected when all of the aspects of evidence, includ...

a Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel b Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, The Volcani Center, ARO, P.O. Box 6, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel c Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel d Area of Soil Science, Faculty of S...

River and the middle reaches of the Yellow River Z.C. Zhou*, Z.T. Gan, Z.P. Shangguan and Z.B Dong Department of Tourism and Environmental Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China; State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling, China; Key Laboratory of Disaster Survey and Me...

During recent strategic planning exercises, the SSSA identified several trends related to the soil science profession: 1) declining academic programs and course offerings at land-grant universities, 2) decreased enrollments, and 3) improved employment opportunities for soil science graduates. To quantify these trends, the SSSA conducted surveys in 2008 of soil science students, academic departm...

1 State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling 712100, China 2 College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710027, China; E-Mails: [email protected] (X.Y.); [email protected] (J.Z.); [email protected] (Y.L.); [email protected] (Y.Z.); zha...

1 Research associate, Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Fayetteville; extension weed specialist/professor, Southeast Research and Extension Center, Monticello; and assistant professor, Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Fayetteville, respectively. Managing Glyphosate-Resistant Horseweed in Conservation-Tillage Cotton Production: Final Summary and Recommend...

a State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China b Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China c Agri-Environmental Services Branch (AESB), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 960 Carling Av. Ottawa, ON, Canad...

Scale invariance of daily runoff time series in agricultural watersheds X. Zhou, N. Persaud, and H. Wang Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida,...

1 School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China. 2 The CAS/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Process, Yantai Institute of Costal ZoneResearch, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Yantai 264003,China. 3 State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil ...