The laboratory tests for measuring the effects of small strain to the shear strength and maximum stiffness development of post-cyclic degradation of hemic peat are reviewed in this paper. A series of laboratory testing has been conducted to fulfil the objective of this research to study the post-cyclic behaviour of peat soil and focuses on the small strain characteristics. For this purpose, a n...

The compaction of soils used for crop production is becoming an increasingly important consideration in South Africa following the shift towards reduced tillage and increased mechanisation of in-season operations and harvesting. The intensification of dairying has also been found to have a deleterious effect on soil quality, particularly in terms of compaction by trampling, which results in los...

Purpose of This Publication Knowledge of soil phosphorus (P) levels is an essential component of nutrient management planning for crop production and for tools that assess the risk of P loss from agricultural fields. Historically, soil P testing has been used to estimate P availability for crops and is now being used directly or as a component of P indices to assess the risk of P loss from fiel...

There is a long history of potassium (K) fertilization research in the North-Central Region. Sustained Iowa field research efforts have focused on developing soil-test K (STK) interpretation and studying the effect of K fertilization strategies on grain yield and STK. Because of changes in the soil-test K method used in Iowa, information published over time should be evaluated separately. Publi...

This study had three main objectives: (1) to evaluate the aboveground biomass and volume yield of three unrelated hybrid poplar clones in 9 year-old riparian buffer strips located on four farms of southern Québec, Canada; (2) to compare yield data at 9 years with previous data (at 6 years); (3) to evaluate how soil fertility, measured using three different soil testing methods (soil nutrient st...

of low correlations with the production of mineral N and crop N uptake. Recent work indicates that accumulation of amino sugar N in soil Soil testing for NO3 is currently considered the best reduces the yield response of corn (Zea mays L.) to N fertilization, and that nonresponsive sites are detectable by determination of amino option for identifying sites where N fertilization will be sugar N ...

To develop recommendations for field applications of silicate materials, knowledge of the soil Si status and the availability of Si in the amendment are essential. To determine a crops response to application of Si requires calibration of soil Si status and plant uptake. While a method for determining plant Si levels using the auto-clave induced digestion procedure (Elliott and Snyder, 1991) is...

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Although it is widely recognized that microorganisms are essential for sustaining soil fertility, structure, nutrient cycling, groundwater purification, and other soil functions, soil microbial toxicity data were excluded from the derivation of Ecological Soil Screening Levels (Eco-SSL) in the United States. Among the reasons for such exclusion were claims that microbial toxicity tests were too...