Assessment of agrobiodiversity in the intensive agriculture: a case study of the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chhabilendra Roul ◽  
Prem Chand ◽  
Suresh Pal ◽  
Kalu Naik
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Agriculture ◽  
Gangetic Plains

Intensive agriculture, wetlands, quarries and water management. A case study (Campo de Dalias, SE Spain)

2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 163-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Pulido-Bosch ◽  
P. Pulido-Leboeuf ◽  
L. Molina-Sánchez ◽  
A. Vallejos ◽  
W. Martin-Rosales
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Intensive Agriculture ◽  
Se Spain

scholarly journals From Chernozem to Luvisol or from Luvisol to Chernozem? A discussion about the relationships and limits of the two types of soils. A case study of the soil catena of Hrušov, Czechia

Geografie ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-500
Author(s):  
Barbora Strouhalová ◽  
Anne Gebhardt ◽  
Damien Ertlen ◽  
Luděk Šefrna ◽  
Kristýna Flašarová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Intensive Agriculture ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Soil Micromorphology ◽  
Simultaneous Presence ◽  
Soil Evolution ◽  
Soil Catena

The patchy character of the distribution of Chernozems and Luvisols formed on loess is often observable on the pedological maps, on a large scale, in Czechia. The focus of the paper is to examine the features of the soil catena of Hrušov (Czechia), which is characterized by the simultaneous presence of Chernozem, Luvisol and Luvic Chernozem – without obvious environmental reasons. A catena of only 330 meters is considered a system of transformation between these soils. Along with field work and the pedological analysis, we used the soil micromorphology method to understand the processes of pedogenesis. We concluded that the presence of considerably different soil types on a small scale is due to intensive agriculture. We found that the present Chernozem is formed on the Luvisol by retrograde soil evolution, which included a shift in the vegetation, erosion, and recarbonation. The evolution of Luvisol in the lower part of the catena has been considerably modified.

scholarly journals Monitoring the Field-Realistic Exposure of Honeybee Colonies to Neonicotinoids by An Integrative Approach: A Case Study in Romania

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliza Căuia ◽  
Adrian Siceanu ◽  
Gabriela Oana Vișan ◽  
Dumitru Căuia ◽  
Teodora Colța ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Agriculture ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Sample Collection ◽  
Evaluation Methodologies ◽  
Honeybee Colony ◽  
Accredited Laboratories ◽  
Electronic Technologies ◽  
Required Quality ◽  
Representative Samples

Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) are excellent biosensors that can be managed to collect valuable information about environmental contamination. The main objective of the present study was to design and apply an integrative protocol to monitor honeybee colony activity and sample collection by using electronic technologies combined with classical methods in order to evaluate the exposure of honeybees to the neonicotinoids that are used in melliferous intensive crops. The monitored honeybee colonies were especially prepared and equipped to maximize their chances to collect representative samples in order to express, as well as possible, the pesticide residues that existed in the targeted crops. The samples of honey, pollen and honeybees were collected, preserved and prepared to fulfill the required quality and quantity criteria of the accredited laboratories. In total, a set of fifty samples was collected from fields, located in different areas of intensive agriculture in Romania, and was analyzed for five neonicotinoids. The obtained results show that 48% of the total analyzed samples (n = 50) contained one or more detected or quantified neonicotinoid residues. The main conclusion is that the proposed approach for sample collection and preparation could improve the evaluation methodologies for analyzing honeybees’ exposure to pesticides.

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