scholarly journals Differences in the sediment composition of wind eroded sandy soils before and after fertilization with poultry manure

2022 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. 105205
Author(s):  
Steffen Münch ◽  
Natalie Papke ◽  
Martin Leue ◽  
Matthias Faust ◽  
Kerstin Schepanski ◽  
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Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Lisuma ◽  
Ernest Mbega ◽  
Patrick Ndakidemi

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) is associated with great uptake of soil macronutrients. Following the need to understand the macronutrients levels before and after tobacco cultivation, research was conducted in loamy sand soil of Sikonge, Urambo, and sand soil of Tabora, Tanzania. The initial macronutrients levels in the soil were compared with those measured after unfertilized and fertilized tobacco. Results showed that unfertilized tobacco plant influences the increase of nicotine to the rhizosphere, the macronutrients Ca (135%) > N (25%), decrease in the order of S (81%) > P (49%) > Mg (12%) > K (11%). The sole effect of nitrogen–phosphorus–potassium (NPK) and calcium–ammonium–nitrate (CAN) 27% fertilizers increased further nicotine, Ca (25%) > N (20%) > S (8%) > Mg (4%) > P (3%), and decreased K (3%) in the rhizosphere. Both tobacco plant and NPK + CAN fertilizers on the rhizosphere increased Ca (193%) > N (50%) and decreased S (80%) > P (48%) > K (14%) > Mg (8%). Leaf concentrations in fertilized tobacco increased Ca (197%) > K (28%) > P (27%) > S (26%) > N (18%) > Mg (12%). Therefore, tobacco plant increases soil N and Ca but decreases P, K, Mg, and S.


Soil Science ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 170 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. A. Kleinman ◽  
M. S. Srinivasan ◽  
Andrew N. Sharpley ◽  
William J. Gburek

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 411
Author(s):  
Lea Karen Tanudjaya ◽  
Chaidir Anwar Makarim

Construction on the peat soil and alluvial soil will increase rapidly in the future, if we don’t know the characteristics of the soil, construction problems and failures will occur. Peat soil and alluvial soil has a very low bearing capacity, so they have a very large settlement. Alluvial soil and any other sandy soils has a very low bearing capacity, just like peat soil, and sandy soil has a highly potential of liquefaction. This research is to find out whether Sand Compaction Pile method can improve the bearing capacity of the peat and alluvial soil, and prevent liquefaction in sandy soil. In this case study, we only focus to one bore hole that has a peat layer above the alluvial layer and then improve it with Sand Compaction Pile method. Comparing the bearing capacity results, before and after the improving, with Sand Compaction Pile method, we can find out whether the Sand Compaction Pile can be used for the soil improving method on the peat and alluvial soil. Pembangunan di atas tanah gambut dan tanah aluvial akan meningkat secara drastis kedepannya, apabila kita tidak mengetahui karakteristik dari tanah tersebut maka akan banyak masalah da/atau kegagalan konstruksi. Tanah gambut dan tanah aluvial memiliki daya dukung yang rendah sehingga akan mengakibatkan terjadinya penurunan yang besar. Tanah aluvial atau tanah berpasir lainnya juga memiliki daya dukung yang rendah dan kemungkinan potensi terjadinya likuefaksi sangat tinggi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah dengan metode Sand Compaction Pile (SCP) dapat memperbaiki parameter tanah, meningkatkan daya dukung dari tanah gambut dan tanah aluvial, dan mencegah potensi terjadinya likuefaksi pada tanah berpasir. Studi kasus ini lebih difokuskan terhadap salah satu bor log yang memiliki lapisan gambut yang tebal dan kemudian di perbaiki dengam metode Sand Compaction Pile. Dengan membandingkan hasil dari daya dukung tanah sebelum di perbaiki dan setelah di perbaiki dengan metode Sand Compaction Pile, kita dapat mengetahui apakah Sand Compaction Pile dapat di gunakan sebagai metode perbaikan tanah di tanah gambut dan tanah aluvial.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
O. I. Nwachukwu ◽  
D. M. Olim ◽  
S. M. Afu ◽  
E. A. Akpa ◽  
P. I. Adie

Incubation experiment was carried out to evaluate and compare effects of some selected amendments on adsorption of heavy metals in soils and their chemical properties. The experiment was CRD consisting of twelve treatment combinations with three replications. Soil samples were collected from the vicinity of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture and amended with organic amendments at the rate 20 ton/ha and heavy metals at the rate of 60 mg/kg, thoroughly mixed and wetted daily throughout the incubation period of 30 days. 0.05M EDTA solution was used to extract heavy metals. EDTA solution was filtered from soil with Whatman No1 filter paper. The soil was analyzed for chemical properties before and after experiment using standard procedures. Higher amount of heavy metals was extracted from the control soils than the amended soils indicating retention of heavy metals by the amendments. All the amendments were significantly (P<0.05) different in adsorption of copper with poultry manure having significantly (P<0.05) the highest adsorption capacity while the control had the least. Cocoa pod was significantly (P<0.05) higher on adsorption of lead with cow dung and poultry manure not being significantly (P>0.05) different from each other. Cow dung had the highest (P<0.05) on adsorption of zinc. Heavy metals combined with amendments had significant (P<0.05) effect on soil chemical properties. Most chemical properties were significantly (P<0.05) higher in soils treated with both amendments and heavy metals than soils treated with only heavy metals. Poultry manure, cocoa pod and cow dung appeared to have greater potential in removing heavy metals from soils.  


Author(s):  
J. Temple Black

Tool materials used in ultramicrotomy are glass, developed by Latta and Hartmann (1) and diamond, introduced by Fernandez-Moran (2). While diamonds produce more good sections per knife edge than glass, they are expensive; require careful mounting and handling; and are time consuming to clean before and after usage, purchase from vendors (3-6 months waiting time), and regrind. Glass offers an easily accessible, inexpensive material ($0.04 per knife) with very high compressive strength (3) that can be employed in microtomy of metals (4) as well as biological materials. When the orthogonal machining process is being studied, glass offers additional advantages. Sections of metal or plastic can be dried down on the rake face, coated with Au-Pd, and examined directly in the SEM with no additional handling (5). Figure 1 shows aluminum chips microtomed with a 75° glass knife at a cutting speed of 1 mm/sec with a depth of cut of 1000 Å lying on the rake face of the knife.


Author(s):  
R. F. Bils ◽  
W. F. Diller ◽  
F. Huth

Phosgene still plays an important role as a toxic substance in the chemical industry. Thiess (1968) recently reported observations on numerous cases of phosgene poisoning. A serious difficulty in the clinical handling of phosgene poisoning cases is a relatively long latent period, up to 12 hours, with no obvious signs of severity. At about 12 hours heavy lung edema appears suddenly, however changes can be seen in routine X-rays taken after only a few hours' exposure (Diller et al., 1969). This study was undertaken to correlate these early changes seen by the roengenologist with morphological alterations in the lungs seen in the'light and electron microscopes.Forty-two adult male and female Beagle dogs were selected for these exposure experiments. Treated animals were exposed to 94.5-107-5 ppm phosgene for 10 min. in a 15 m3 chamber. Roentgenograms were made of the thorax of each animal before and after exposure, up to 24 hrs.


Author(s):  
M. H. Wheeler ◽  
W. J. Tolmsoff ◽  
A. A. Bell

(+)-Scytalone [3,4-dihydro-3,6,8-trihydroxy-l-(2Hj-naphthalenone] and 1,8-di- hydroxynaphthalene (DHN) have been proposed as intermediates of melanin synthesis in the fungi Verticillium dahliae (1, 2, 3, 4) and Thielaviopsis basicola (4, 5). Scytalone is enzymatically dehydrated by V. dahliae to 1,3,8-trihydroxynaphthalene which is then reduced to (-)-vermelone [(-)-3,4- dihydro-3,8-dihydroxy-1(2H)-naphthalenone]. Vermelone is subsequently dehydrated to DHN which is enzymatically polymerized to melanin.Melanin formation in Curvularia sp., Alternaria sp., and Drechslera soro- kiniana was examined by light and electron-transmission microscopy. Wild-type isolates of each fungus were compared with albino mutants before and after treatment with 1 mM scytalone or 0.1 mM DHN in 50 mM potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. Both chemicals were converted to dark pigments in the walls of hyphae and conidia of the albino mutants. The darkened cells were similar in appearance to corresponding cells of the wild types under the light microscope.


Author(s):  
T. Gulik-Krzywicki ◽  
M.J. Costello

Freeze-etching electron microscopy is currently one of the best methods for studying molecular organization of biological materials. Its application, however, is still limited by our imprecise knowledge about the perturbations of the original organization which may occur during quenching and fracturing of the samples and during the replication of fractured surfaces. Although it is well known that the preservation of the molecular organization of biological materials is critically dependent on the rate of freezing of the samples, little information is presently available concerning the nature and the extent of freezing-rate dependent perturbations of the original organizations. In order to obtain this information, we have developed a method based on the comparison of x-ray diffraction patterns of samples before and after freezing, prior to fracturing and replication.Our experimental set-up is shown in Fig. 1. The sample to be quenched is placed on its holder which is then mounted on a small metal holder (O) fixed on a glass capillary (p), whose position is controlled by a micromanipulator.


Author(s):  
R. M. Anderson

Aluminum-copper-silicon thin films have been considered as an interconnection metallurgy for integrated circuit applications. Various schemes have been proposed to incorporate small percent-ages of silicon into films that typically contain two to five percent copper. We undertook a study of the total effect of silicon on the aluminum copper film as revealed by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction and ion microprobe techniques as a function of the various deposition methods.X-ray investigations noted a change in solid solution concentration as a function of Si content before and after heat-treatment. The amount of solid solution in the Al increased with heat-treatment for films with ≥2% silicon and decreased for films <2% silicon.


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