Abstract One of agriculture’s most important goals is finding the proper equilibrium between sustainability and intensification production. The exponential growth world population, climate variability, soil degradation are essential factors that require development novel agricultural practices to achieve food security. In this context, organo-mineral fertilization has been proposed as a promisi...

Land-use change acts as a potential moderator of flood risk, affecting vegetation and soil properties thus influencing the storage flow water across landscapes. This study, conducted in northwest England, investigated physical their hydrological function using overland moisture sensors, for five upland grassland habitats each created through management action. Overland was common, occurring up ...

Microbial necromass is a large, dynamic and persistent component of soil organic carbon, the dominant terrestrial carbon pool. Quantification stocks its susceptibility to global change becoming standard practice in research. However, typical proxies used for do not reveal nature flows transformations within that ultimately determine persistence. In this review, we define deconstruct four stages...

Biochars are complex heterogeneous materials that consist of mineral phases, amorphous C, graphitic C, and labile organic molecules, many of which can be either electron donors or acceptors when placed in soil. Biochar is a reductant, but its electrical OPEN ACCESS Agronomy 2015, 5 323 and electrochemical properties are a function of both the temperature of production and the concentration and ...

Abstract Organo-mineral fertilizers supplemented with biological additives are an alternative to chemical fertilizers. In this study, thermoresistant microorganisms from composting mass were isolated by two-step procedures. First, samples taken at different time points and temperatures (33 days 52 ºC, 60 63 over 365 26 ºC) pre-incubated 80 oC for 30 minutes. Second, the microbial selection in v...

This study focused on the preparation, structural characterization and evaluation of some dynamic rheological properties a new type mastic material, clay-mastic, which consists bituminous binders mixed with mineral fillers. For this purpose, samples were prepared by mixing conventional bitumen (50/70) organo-montmorillonite (OMMT) in various proportions. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) spectra s...

In low-nutrient ecosystems such as forests developed on acidic soil, the main limiting factor for plant growth is the availability of soil nutrients. The aim of this study was to investigate in a temperate forest: 1) the influence of the rhizosphere processes on the availability of nutrients and trace elements during one year period and 2) the seasonal evolution of this rhizosphere effect. Bulk...

PURPOSE Biofilm formation is a problem for solid and sponge-type scleral buckles. This can lead to complications that require removal of the buckle, and result in vision loss due to related ocular morbidity, primarily infection, or recurrent retinal detachment. We investigate the ability of a covalent organo-selenium coating to inhibit biofilm formation on a scleral buckle. METHODS Sponge and...