Hydrogels are known to adsorb a large amount of vapor and liquid water, making them good candidates enhance the dew condensed from atmosphere. Although water adsorption invasion in hydrogels have been object many studies, condensation has only little investigated. We address here process on hydrogel grains widely used agriculture (Aquasorb 3005TM). show that condensing is enhanced when compared...

abstract in this study the effects and costs of application of two kinds of super absorbent polymer on the establishment and surviving of seedlings was investigated. experiments were done in the field and on two kind of soil with different salinity (ec: 4.5 and 8 dsm-1). the results showed: the establishment rate of seedling in control was about 40 percent. the percentage of seedling establishm...

Container and bare-root seedlings are the two basic stock types used in reforestation programs many countries, but tropics, have never been widely applied. The objective of this research was to assess possibility for tropical forest landscape restoration treated by fertilization nursery aquasorb treatment using tree species, i.e., Calophyllum inophyllum Gmelina arborea . A randomized block desi...

In this study, the impact of three different types of activated carbon (AC) on the bioaccessibility of 14C-phenanthrene in non-sterile and sterile soils was investigated. A single dose (1%) of each of the different AC (CB4, CP1 and AQ5000) was blended with soil spiked with 50 mg·kg−1 of 12C/14C-phenanthrene. The mineralisation of the 14C-phenanthrene was monitored over a 14 day incubation perio...

Direct seeding, a planting technique that has long been applied in restoring degraded land and forest, is often doubted to be successful due many constrains, both biotic abiotic. This study aims increase the success of direct seeding through application seed briquettes, aquasorb treatment determining right sowing time for three forest tree species, i.e. Ceiba pentandra, Enterolobium cyclocarpum...