Soil properties and use
Effects of integrated use of grass strip and soil bund on soil properties, Southern Ethiopia
... Abstract: Soil degradation is the major environmental and agricultural production problem in the highlands of ...farmers’ use of grass strip and soil bund to minimize soil degradation, and ...
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Effects of land use changes on the dynamics of selected soil properties in northeast Wellega, Ethiopia
... land use and land ...the soil. Similarly, Tesfahunegn (2016) showed that soil quality indicators varied across the land use and soil manage- ment systems, among which natural forestland ...
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Effects of land use changes and soil conservation intervention on soil properties as indicators for land degradation under a Mediterranean climate
... of soil (Benneh et ...increased soil bulk density and pen- etration resistance, a decreased mean weight/diameter of ag- gregates, and a reduction in infiltration (Lal, ...agricultural use leads to a ...
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Linking selected soil properties to land use and hillslope – A watershed case study in the Ethiopian Highlands
... higher soil nutrients (SOC and TN) as well as higher silt and sand contents compared to agricultural lands, while bulk density is lower in the ...for soil property definition in the Ethiopian ...the ...
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An Ontology of Soil Properties and Processes
... describing soil properties, processes and how they affect each ...between soil properties and processes, as well as many environmental impacts of a process or a human activity related to ...
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Spatial variability of soil properties and soil erodibility in the Alqueva reservoir watershed
... greater (as topography or soil type) than the land use. So, as mentioned trend analysis was performed to study the exis- tence of directional trends caused by these factors with large scale of variation, ...
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Soil hydrology and soil properties on a partially reforested hillside in the Central Alps
... Detailed soil profile descriptions (ac- cording to AG Boden 2005) and forest botanical mappings (according to the Braun-Blanquet scale) in the field were added by tensiometrical measurements at location 1 in the ...
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Effect of land use on soil chemical properties after 190 years of forest to agricultural land conversion
... land use, but also that the SOC content usually covers a wide range of values within soil types depending on soil ...properties. Soil texture is important because ca 70% Figure ...and ...
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Changes in land use on soil physicochemical properties: the case of smallholders fruit based land use systems in arba minch, Southern ethiopia
... in soil OM and TN were obtained in the natural forest over 30-40 years ...the soil OM and TN contents of the natural forest site were ...in soil that decrease its productivity for crop plant may ...
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Effect of Rice Husk on Soil Properties
... of soil using fibers has been a subject of research for a long ...reinforcing soil with tensile resisting element has been widely accepted in engineering ...the soil to enhance its properties. ...
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SLUDGE AS AN AGENT IMPROVING SOIL PROPERTIES
... Natural use of sludge appears to be its ratio- nal utilization, contributing to the improvement of the balance of organic matter in ...improve soil properties named “BIO- ...
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Effectiveness of Soil Amendments Application on Sandy Soil Properties and Peanut Productivity
... sandy soil after harvesting ...of soil physical and chemical properties as well as nutrients status depends to a great extent on the rational use of organic materials as ...the use of ...
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Effects of different soil management practices on soil properties and microbial diversity
... have soil with high physical qua- lity, it is necessary to have two main structural features: firstly, the soil must be stable in water, and, secondly, the soil must have a suitable pore size ...
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Lability of Pb in soil: effects of soil properties and contaminant source
... contaminated soil, can result in physiological damage, particularly to the nervous ...commercial use of Pb has been considerably reduced over the last three decades and unleaded petrol introduced to reduce ...
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Soil Properties (UofMD)
... the soil, nitrogen and sulfur may become temporarily tied ...by soil microorganisms that feed on crop ...the soil microorganisms will take up and use any available soil and fertilizer ...
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The Impact of Land Use on Bacterial Community Composition and Physicochemical Properties of Soil
... land use on bacterial community composition and some physicochemical properties of soil, a study was carried out in three different land uses (orchard, farm and shrub) in arid-region soils located in ...
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Use of E Waste Material for Improving the Properties of Black Cotton Soil
... basic properties of black cotton soil, soil properties improved with E-waste and the strength parameters like C & Ф, MDD and OMC were determined by conducting direct shear and compaction ...
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Effect of Prolonged Irrigated Fodders on Soil Physical Properties and Agronomic Water Use Efficiency
... to use the available low quality brackish irrigation water for their livestock and crop production ...the use of this water source the crop productivity increased to some extent and drought conditions were ...
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Oil Spills and their Effect on the Properties of Soil
... the soil environment via spill, leakage, transport, or other incidents which adversely affect agricultural, residential or recreational land ...neighboring soil, surface and ground water, it may damage ...
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The Monitoring of Soil Properties in the Interrow of Vineyards
... Collected soil samples were analyzed to determine the soil structure, physical and chemical properties, whereas also the mechanical properties of the soil profi le in the inter-row were ...
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