{"title":"Earthworms as a vector of aspergillus niger dispersal to enhance the decomposition of oil palm trunks","authors":"Okto Prandi Sihombing, Sarifuddin, D. Sabrina","doi":"10.25252/SE/2020/91824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25252/SE/2020/91824","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":294623,"journal":{"name":"Soil in the Environment","volume":"2011 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132049248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of ameliorants on the biological condition of oil-contaminated black soil","authors":"Minnikova Tatiana Vladimirovna, Rostov Russian Federation Biotechnology by Ivanovsky, Kolesnikov Sergey Il'ch, Kazeev Kamil Shagidullovich","doi":"10.25252/se/19/101872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25252/se/19/101872","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":294623,"journal":{"name":"Soil in the Environment","volume":"35 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124253602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing particle size distribution measured by laser diffraction technique for estimating soil hydraulic properties","authors":"A. Mady, E. Shein","doi":"10.25252/se/19/111914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25252/se/19/111914","url":null,"abstract":"Particle size distribution (PSD) is the fundamental characteristic that gives information about soil physical properties. It is the essential predictor used in most predictive programs for predicting water flux, solute, and heat transport in soil. Predictive programs such as Rosetta, RETC, and HYDRUS-1D are usually used PSD measured by the pipette method (PM), whereas the usage of PSD measured by laser diffraction technique (LDT) yields a large estimation error in heavy soil. The aim of the work was to optimize PSD measured by LDT for approaching to PSD measured by PM by suggesting Pedotransfer functions (PTFs). Furthermore, it is to evaluate the efficiency of PSD calculated by the proposed PTFs for estimating soil hydraulic properties using Rosetta program. Particle size distribution was measured by two methods: LDT and PM using the same dispersion factor (sodium pyrophosphate solution 4%). Proposed PTFs were derived for calculation of particle size distribution using a linear regression between PSD measured by LDT as an independent variable and PSD measured by PM as a dependent variable. PSD calculated using proposed PTFs leads to optimize values of PSD measured by LDT for approaching to values of PSD measured by PM. Optimizing PSD by proposed PTFs was suitable for calculating soil hydraulic parameters using Rosetta program with a little estimation error, for agro-soddy podzolic with soil texture as silty loam and silty clay loam.","PeriodicalId":294623,"journal":{"name":"Soil in the Environment","volume":"44 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132152054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Farzam Moghbel, B. Mostafazadeh‐Fard, S. A. M. M. Maibody, E. Landi
{"title":"Salinity management for irrigation with saline-sodic wastewater under corn cultivation","authors":"Farzam Moghbel, B. Mostafazadeh‐Fard, S. A. M. M. Maibody, E. Landi","doi":"10.25252/SE/17/51299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25252/SE/17/51299","url":null,"abstract":"Water scarcity is one the main problems of sustainable agriculture. One way to overcome this problem is to use wastewaters for irrigation. To determine the effect of salinity and sodicity of municipal wastewater as irrigation water and leaching application, on some of common soil chemical properties and consequently on growth performance of corn, a soil column experiment was conducted with sandy clay loam soil. Nine treatments including wastewaters with three different salinity levels: 1, 4.7 (blending of 1 and 9 dS/m wastewaters with 1:1 ratio), 9 dS/m, and three levels of leaching fractions: 0, 15 and 30 percent were arranged in a factorial experiment with three replication. Results show that at first and last layer of the soil, the effect of 30 percent leaching on soil salinity (ECe) was statistically significant only for irrigation with 9 dS/m wastewater. Application of the 15 and 30 percent leaching fraction for irrigation with 4.7 dS/m wastewater (SAR = 8.2) significantly reduced soil SAR at first layer of the soil. The application 30 percent leaching fraction significantly increased corn dry yield for irrigation with all of three wastewaters. There was no significant difference between effects of irrigation with 4.7 dS/m wastewater with the 15 and 30 percent leaching fraction and irrigation with 1 dS/m wastewater with 0 and 15 percent leaching fraction on IWUE. Results show that with combination of leaching method and reduction wastewater salinity through blending of wastewaters for irrigation with saline sodic wastewater, high corn biomass can be achieved, without any significant difference in comparison with non-saline or non-sodic wastewater.","PeriodicalId":294623,"journal":{"name":"Soil in the Environment","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127954201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of glyphosate application on soil quality and health under natural and zero tillage field condition","authors":"Neli Romano-Armada, M. Amoroso, V. Rajal","doi":"10.25252/SE/17/51241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25252/SE/17/51241","url":null,"abstract":"Agriculture is a primary source of income in several countries, including Argentina. Among the many agrochemicals used, glyphosate-based herbicides raised controversy, encouraging research to clarify if the benefits of their use outweigh their alleged harmfulness. In this spirit, this study assessed soil quality indicators on glyphosate-sprayed fields under natural (NC) and zero tillage conditions (ZT) in Northwest Argentina, to analyze the effect of the herbicide application on soil degradation. The ZT soils underwent five years of continuous spraying (2-4 times a year) after land clearing, while the NC soil, without any laboring practices, was subjected to two consecutive applications. Among the measured indicators (physical, chemical, and biological), water-stable aggregates (WSA), particulate organic matter (POM) and dehydrogenase activity (DHA) showed quality differences between ZT and NC samples. The highest values were found in NC (WSA 72%; POM 4.9%; DHA 1460 mg TPF/g soil /d) and the lowest in ZT (WSA 13%; POM 1.69%; DHA 180 mg TPF/g soil /d); showing a lower quality in ZT regarding structure stability, nutrient availability and microbial activity. A Discriminant Analysis revealed that as glyphosate application increased, the overall soil quality decreased within the NC samples, resembling that of ZT. Thus, soil health deterioration was attributed solely to glyphosate spraying in NC. Furthermore, multivariate analysis allowed identification of chemical indicators as of higher sensitivity to the short-term response after application, and biological indicators as more sensitive to long-term changes. The quality decline in time in the NC soil, caused by the use of glyphosate-based herbicides, could endanger the soils sustainability.","PeriodicalId":294623,"journal":{"name":"Soil in the Environment","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126434073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Manaf, M. N. Akhtar, M. Siddique, M. Iqbal, Humair Ahmed
{"title":"Yield and quality of groundnut genotypes as affected by different sources of sulphur under rainfed condition","authors":"A. Manaf, M. N. Akhtar, M. Siddique, M. Iqbal, Humair Ahmed","doi":"10.25252/SE/17/41163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25252/SE/17/41163","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":294623,"journal":{"name":"Soil in the Environment","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130664293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Zafar-ul-Hye, U. Aslam, Bushra Muqaddas, M. Hussain
{"title":"Connotation of Enterobacter cloacae-W6 and Serratia ficaria-W10 with or without carriers for improving growth, yield and nutrition of wheat","authors":"M. Zafar-ul-Hye, U. Aslam, Bushra Muqaddas, M. Hussain","doi":"10.25252/SE/17/41169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25252/SE/17/41169","url":null,"abstract":"A pot experiment was conducted to compare the influence of Enterobacter cloacae-W6 and Serratia ficaria-W10 (exopolysaccharides and auxin producing, phosphate solubilizing and abundantly root colonizing bacteria) inoculation either alone or in combination with or without carriers (peat, biogas slurry, press mud) on the growth, yield and nutrient concentration of wheat in semi-arid region of Multan. The experiment was arranged in completely randomized design with three replications. Results demonstrated significantly higher plant height, root/ spike length, shoot/ root dry weight, number of tillers/ spikelets/ grains, 1000 grain weight, grain/ straw/ biological yield, nitrogen/ phosphorus/ potassium concentrations of shoot and grain due to inoculation with W6 or W10 alone or in combination as compared to no inoculation. Carriers significantly lowered the spike length, root dry weight, grain number, biological/ grain/ straw yield, nitrogen/ phosphorus/ potassium concentration in shoot and nitrogen concentration in grains as compared to no carrier (seeds soaked for 1 h). However, peat was statistically at par with no carrier for plant height, root length, shoot dry weight, number of tillers/spikelets, 1000 grain weight, grain phosphorus and potassium concentrations. Combined (W6×W10) inoculation remained most prominent followed by W6 and W10, respectively. Similarly, inoculation without carrier (soaking) remained most efficient from carriers followed by peat as a carrier. Biogas slurry and press mud remained statistically at par with each other but lower than no carrier and peat in all parameters. Keeping in view the results, it can be inferred that combined inoculation without carrier (soaking) is most beneficial but peat can be recommended as best carrier from biogas slurry and press mud.","PeriodicalId":294623,"journal":{"name":"Soil in the Environment","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129198771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plant-bacteria synergism: An innovative approach for the remediation of crude oil-contaminated soils","authors":"K. Fatima, A. Imran, M. Naveed, M. Afzal","doi":"10.25252/SE/17/51346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25252/SE/17/51346","url":null,"abstract":"The adverse ecological and socio-economic effects of oil pollution demand that eco-friendly and proficient remediation technologies be devised as countermeasures. The synergistic use of plants and bacteria is considered as one of the efficient technologies for the remediation of crude oil-contaminated soil. In plant-bacterial synergism, plants host a large number of bacteria in its rhizosphere, root and shoot by providing nutrients and space for colonization. In return, bacterial population increases in different compartments of the plant and degrade organic pollutants. This review will highlight the issues related to soil contamination with hydrocarbons and their remediation, bioremediation and phytoremediation, plant-bacterial synergism in hydrocarbons degradation with special emphasis on the role of endo/rhizospehere bacteria for the maximum remediation of hydrocarbons contaminated soil.","PeriodicalId":294623,"journal":{"name":"Soil in the Environment","volume":"260 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121019463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martínez-Mera Eliana Andrea, Torregroza-Espinosa Ana Carolina, V. Anderson, Rojas-Gerónimo Laura
{"title":"Relationship between soil physicochemical characteristics and nitrogen-fixing bacteria in agricultural soils of the Atlántico department, Colombia","authors":"Martínez-Mera Eliana Andrea, Torregroza-Espinosa Ana Carolina, V. Anderson, Rojas-Gerónimo Laura","doi":"10.25252/SE/17/51202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25252/SE/17/51202","url":null,"abstract":"Microbial richness of agricultural soils is an indicator of its health and fertility with a significant impact on crop yields. Present study analyzed the relationship between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and physicochemical characteristics of agricultural soils in the southern department of Atlántico, Colombia. Soil samples were collected from 10 sites of Repelón irrigation district, for physicochemical analysis (pH, organic matter, texture, moisture and available phosphorus) and isolation of nitrogen-fixing bacterial’ strains using nitrogen-free culture media. Results demostrated the higher previlance of nitrogen–fixing bacteria in northern zone and central zone of the Repelón irrigation district (1.63 × 10 8 CFU g -1 for strain-1, 5.2 × 10 7 CFU g -1 for strain-2 and 4.5 × 10 7 CFU g -1 for strain3). On the other hand, the physicochemical characteristics of soil show the adequacy to sustain nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The findings of the present research may serve as a baseline to identify soil micorganisms and defining strategies for sustainable management of agricultural soils in the region because these are integral component in ecosystem for nutrient recycling.","PeriodicalId":294623,"journal":{"name":"Soil in the Environment","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124072602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spatial variability of soil properties in the urban park before and after reconstruction","authors":"Romzaykina O.N, Vasenev V.I, Khakimova R.R., Hajiaghayeva R., Stoorvogel J.J., Dovletyarova E.A.","doi":"10.25252/SE/17/51219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25252/SE/17/51219","url":null,"abstract":"On-going urbanization stresses the necessity for structural and aesthetically organized urban landscapes to improve citizens’ life quality. Recreational zones create a ‘green frame’ of a city and provide vital functions and services for city dwellers. This research focuses on the comparative analysis of spatial distribution of the key soil properties (acidity, organic carbon and nutrient contents) in the urban park named after Artyom Borovik (Moscow, Russia) before and after reconstruction. The maps of the urban soil’s properties were created for both periods by interpolation of the field data, collected from the depths 0-30, 30-50 and 50-100 cm. The maps of the analyzed properties were developed using open Quantum GIS2.4 software by Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW). High spatial variability was observed for the soil properties with the highest variance reported for nutrient concentrations. High heterogeneity in P2O5 and K2O was obtained both in topsoil and subsoil, before and after reconstruction. We found that average concentrations of P2O5 and K2O were correspondingly above and below legal threshold taken for the Moscow city. As a result of the reconstruction the pH has changed from slightly acid and acidic to neutral and slightly alkaline. The topsoil soil organic carbon (SOC) content has increased in result of reconstruction but still was below threshold, recommended by municipal regulations. The findings of the research can be used to project possible changes in soil cover resulted from expansion and reorganization of green areas, which is essential to support decisions in urban planning and soil management in sustainable cities.","PeriodicalId":294623,"journal":{"name":"Soil in the Environment","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123819845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}