[PDF] Top 20 Water treatment residuals and biosolids co-applications affect phosphates in a semi-arid rangeland soil

... of soil microorganisms in the presence of ...(Fe). Biosolids, such as those used in this study (Table 1), are known to contain such nutrients and trace ...5. Water treatment residuals ... See full document

... one soil sample and therefore this FAME was deleted from the data set before ...since co-application, with communities from the repeated, short-term co-application plots clustering at the top of PC ... See full document

... and biosolids coapplications, showed similar trends and supported our original ...all soil inorganic P ...of biosolids, increased 2004 precipitation pro- moting increased plant growth, or increased ... See full document

... important soil amend- ments in improving soil physical properties and sustaining soil productivity, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions where there is low input of organic ... See full document

... The optimal cropping pattern that maximizes profit and social import of virtual water with limited employment in the regional level, shown in Table 2, includes only two crops, i.e. wheat and tomato with land under ... See full document

... Surface Water Supply Index (SWSI – Shafer and Dezman, 1982) adopted by several states in the United States, and standardized precipitation index (SPI – McKee et ...the arid and semi arid ... See full document

... Soil water content in the upper soil layer prior to a rain event can be an important factor affecting the relationship between rainfall and runoff (Yair and Klein, 1973; Abra- hams et ...age ... See full document

... the arid and semi arid areas, the risk of crop failure is common within small scale farmers who suffer due to lack of water for ...the water quality in order to ensure sustainable crop ... See full document

... Solutions with a range of P concentrations were formulated in a 0.01 mM CaCl matrix for batch equilibration with the air-dried soils. Initial equilibrating solution-P concentrations were selected to ensure that the upper ... See full document

... municipal water supplies. Similarly, Ahmedabad city depended on water from Sabarmati River and the groundwater resources for meeting water supply needs of the ...it's water demand patterns ... See full document

... in arid environments can be quite slow (Guo, 2004); however, because ranges have been more heavily and continuously grazed in recent decades in the North Khorasan Province, the opportunities to study ranges that ... See full document

... in soil colonisation studies are ...(both soil and climatic) often means that each individual situation needs to be examined (Chatel and Greenwood, ... See full document

... Maize is a crop of the arid and semi-arid tracks of India. Keeping ever increasing salinity problem in view, it is worthwhile to assess the impact of saline water irri[r] ... See full document

... the semi-arid regions of northern ...natural water absorbing soil amendments, potassium polyacrylate (PAA), polyacrylamide (PAM) and humic acid (HA) would improve soil productivity by ... See full document

... Micro-Catchment Water Harvesting in Semi-Arid Regions: Basic Design Considerations, Water Resour. Hydraylic Works: Planning and Management[r] ... See full document

... biological soil quality assessment using an eco-morphological index ...evaluating soil quality based on microarthropods exist, they are either very simple, using a general classification system, or involve ... See full document

... substrates. To clarify such significant issues, we have carried out researches to study the species composition of habitat plants, peculiarities of food specialization and alimentary behavior of termites of genus ... See full document

... of water in the developing countries has become a critical issue in recent years, especially due to the concern that freshwater will be scarce in the near ...future. Water from a certain source may be good ... See full document

... This study determined some spectral characteristics and relationship between Landsat spectral reflectance and soil surface color in the arid region of Iran (Kashan). The study carried out in the kashan area ... See full document

... or semi-arid habitats (Ndoye et ...on arid and semi-arid regions revealed predominance of Glomeraceae and Acaulosporaceae species after pot- culture ...sites, soil factors may ... See full document