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Soil Sieving Study Examines Artifacts in Respiration, SLAN, VAST
A recent paper examines how soil sieving for proficiency samples affects soil health test parameters. The work, a collaboration of Brinton and the Utah State PSC appears in the international peer-reviewed Agriculture Research and Technology Journal. A focus of the study was if CO2 respiration would be influenced by sieving finer than 2 mm. The paper reflects a concern first raised by Brinton in ...
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Laboratory test system to measure microbial respiration rate
This study reports a sensible, accurate and economic method for continuous measuring microbial respiration. The measuring principle is an open system, with a continuous air-flow through. Evolved CO2 is absorbed and precipitated as carbonate by a Ba(OH)2 solution, causing a stoichiometrical decrease in ionic strength of the solution and in electrical conductivity. Conductivity and Ba(OH)2 ...
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Ecotoxicity of benzo[a]pyrene assessed by soil microbial indicators
The ecotoxicity of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) to soil microorganisms was evaluated using the following microbial indicators: soil microbial biomass, respiration, nitrification, and Shannon index. Two soil types, udic ferrosols and aquic cambisols, were amended with 0 mg/kg, 1 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg, 500 mg/kg, or 1000 mg/kg BaP; incubated at 25 °C; and tested on days 28, 60, and 180. The Shannon ...
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Influence of liquid manure on soil denitrifier abundance, denitrification, and nitrous oxide emissions
The influence of liquid dairy and swine manure, soil water-extractable C (WEC) and glucose on the amount of denitrification, the N2O molar ratio [N2O/(N2O + N2)], and the abundance of soil denitrifiers was investigated using repacked soil cores. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to measure the abundance of the total bacteria (16S rRNA gene), two denitrifier guilds bearing the cnorB ...
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Iron Oxyhydroxide reduction in simulated wetland soils: Effects of mineralogical composition of Iris paints
Reducing conditions in soils can be documented by the voltage measured between Pt and reference electrodes (Eh) or by using dyes like ,-dipyridyl for identifying reduced species (such as Fe2+). Indicator of Reduction in Soils (IRIS) tubes have been recently introduced as an alternative approach for documenting reducing conditions in soils, where a synthetic Fe oxyhydroxide painted on polyvinyl ...
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Soil-mixing effects on inorganic nitrogen production and consumption in forest and shrubland soils
Abstract Soils that are physically disturbed are often reported to show net nitrification and NO3 – loss. To investigate the response of soil N cycling rates to soil mixing, we assayed gross rates of mineralization, nitrification, NH4+ consumption, and NO3 – consumption in a suite of soils from eleven woody plant communities in Oregon, New Mexico, and Utah. Results suggest that the common ...
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Microbial community structure and functioning along metal pollution gradients
Toxic effects of heavy metals on soil microorganisms have been confirmed in a number of laboratory studies. However, most real‐field studies do not allow for strong general conclusions due to a range of problems, such as pseudoreplication and confounding factors, which are almost impossible to control for with the most commonly used polluted‐vs.‐unpolluted or random sampling designs. Effects ...
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The Role of Soil Moisture on our Climate, Weather and Global Warming
Global warming is a topic that has received much attention in the media, especially during the hot days of summer. The process by which carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere prevents the escape of thermal energy into outer space is known as the greenhouse effect. The higher the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere the less thermal energy that can escape thus an increasing global temperature. ...
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Bioventing
Introduction Bioventing is a promising new technology that stimulates the natural in situ biodegradation of any aerobically degradable compounds in soil by providing oxygen to existing soil microorganisms. In contrast to soil vapor vacuum extraction, bioventing uses low air flow rates to provide only enough oxygen to sustain microbial activity. Oxygen is most commonly supplied through direct air ...
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Impact of organic residues on soil microorganisms
It is well known that organic residue amendments to soil give beneficial effects such as provision of plant nutrients, increased humus content and thereby increased water holding capacity, improved structure and increased cation exchange capacity. Organic wastes can be a valuable fertiliser in terms of phosphorous. Chemical precipitation in the sewage treatment plant makes sewage sludge rich in ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Digging Deeper into Soil Tests
In 2022, the technologies available to growers are vast and varied, spanning from biological to digital, all promising to maximize yields. Inputs on the other hand are quite limited, with fertilizer supplies across the globe diminished, leading to high costs for the needed materials. At Sound Agriculture we are developing products and tools that work alongside current technologies and ...
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Hired metals analyser ensures remediation success
Cognition Land and Water Ltd, a UK based remediation specialist, has hired a portable XRF metals analyser to improve the speed of remediation work at a project in London’s Kentish Town. The project had a major impact on local residents so timescales were extremely tight but Cognition’s Charlie Jarvis says “It would not have been possible to meet the deadline without the use of ...
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