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Abstract Managing soils for improved agricultural production requires information on soil fertility status. Our objective was to map better management in Ethiopia and determine their spatial correlation at a separation distance of 29 m. We collected 82 samples (0–20 cm depth) 560 ha land determined pH, Olsen extractable phosphorus (Olsen‐P), organic carbon (OC). then interpolated between sample...

The overgrazing and excessive utilization of rangelands has caused vegetationand soil degradation in many rangelands. In the rangeland management, the soil andvegetation elements, environmental factors and livestock should be considered as decisionmaking agents. Various methods are applicable for the rangeland restoration as contourfurrows and mortar stone dam. In order to evaluate the effects ...

Understanding soil microbial communities in agroecosystems has the potential to contribute to the improvement of agricultural productivity and sustainability. Effects of conversion from long-term wheat plantation to Jerusalem artichoke (JA) plantation on soil fungal communities were determined by amplicon sequencing of total fungal ITS regions. Quantitative PCR and PCR-denaturing gradient gel e...

in this research, several chemical extractants and modified olsen methods were studied in 25 surface-calcareous soils (0-30 cm) for determining available phosphorus (p) for corn (zea mays l.) plant. in this experiment, the highest correlation was obtained between extracted p by olsen and colwell methods (nahco3-extractable p) and dry weight of corn shoot (r =0.67 and 0.75, p

abstract the increasing of yield per unit area is usually achievable by improving the soil fertility level through using (chemical) fertilizers. the purpose of the present research was to evaluate the 6 extraction methods including olsen, morgan, ammonium bicarbonate-dtpa, colwel, bray and mehlich 3 in order to specify a suitable extractant(s) for estimating available phosphorus through using 2...

A new soil extractant (HA) with the ability to extract NH4, NO3, and P from soil was developed and tested against 32 soils, which varied greatly in clay content, organic carbon (C), and soil pH. The extractant (HA) eliminates the need for separate phosphorus (P) extractants for acid and calcareous soils and maintains the extract pH, on average, within one unit of the soil pH. The extractant is ...