The physiographic region of the Central Russian Upland, situated in the Central part of Eastern Europe, is characterized by very fertile grassland soils—Chernozems (Mollisols in the USDA taxonomy). However, over the last several centuries this region has experienced intense land-use conversion. The most widespread and significant land-use change is the extensive cultivation of these soils. As a...

This study is a comparative analysis of samples of archived (stored for over 70-90 years) and modern soils of two different genetic types-chernozem and sod-podzolic soils. We revealed a reduction in biodiversity of archived soils relative to their modern state. Particularly, long-term storage in the museum exerted a greater impact on the microbiomes of sod-podzolic soils, while chernozem sample...

The results of the study of the impact of phosphogypsum on the accumulation and migration of fluorine in the southern chernozems of the North-West Black Sea coast area of Ukraine are presented herein. It has been found that the introduction of phosphogypsum as a chemical ameliorator of irrigated chernozems resulted in a fluorine increase both in the soils and in the soil (lysimetric) waters.1 D...

The biomass of microbial communities was studied in catenas virgin chernozems and dark-gray forest soils within the "Belogor'e" natural reserve vicinal arable developed same geomorphological lithological conditions. Living active estimated from point phospholipid content respiratory responses cells to glucose amendment respectively. In catena chernozem northern exposure, community changed sligh...

Purpose: to determine empirical dependencies that allow predicting the geometric parameters of local soil moisture contours formed during drip irrigation southern chernozems. Materials and methods. The basis study was data experimental measurements contour chernozems, irrigation, on 10 sites, characterized by: content physical clay from 29.0 71.1 % dry mass (DSM), field capacity 20.0 30.3 DSM, ...