STUDIES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF MOLYBDENUM IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL: I. A SPECTROGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE OCCURRENCE OF MOLYBDENUM IN PLANTS GROWN IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC

1934 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Dingwall ◽  
R. R. McKibbin ◽  
H. T. Beans
Keyword(s):  
Drainage Basin ◽  
Red Clover ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Reed Canary Grass ◽  
Canada Thistle ◽  
Ottawa River ◽  
Field Corn ◽  
Canary Grass ◽  
St Lawrence River ◽  
Celery Cabbage

Molybdenum, identified spectrographically by the lines 3902.9Å, 3864.1Å, 3798.3Å, 3193.9Å, 3170.3Å, 3158.1Å and 3132.6Å, was found to be present in vetch, alfalfa, alsike, red clover, timothy, goldenrod, reed canary grass, field corn stalks, Canada thistle, ragweed, celery, beets and carrots grown on a farm in Jacques Cartier county, Quebec. Molybdenum could not be detected in the soil on which the plants grew.Molybdenum was not found in vetch plants grown on several farms in Brome, Compton and Sherbrooke counties; nor in timothy, alsike clover or red clover grown on a farm in Brome county; nor in lettuce, celery, cabbage, beets and carrots grown on two different muck soils of the St. Lawrence River valley, in Huntingdon county.The farm in Jacques Carder county lies in the Ottawa River valley drainage basin, the other farms do not. Known deposits of molybdenum occur in the Ottawa River valley.

Bare soil and reed canary grass ecosystem respiration in peat extraction sites in Eastern Finland

Tellus B ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Shurpali ◽  
N. P. Hyvönen ◽  
J. T. Huttunen ◽  
C. Biasi ◽  
H. Nykänen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Respiration ◽  
Bare Soil ◽  
Reed Canary Grass ◽  
Peat Extraction ◽  
Canary Grass ◽  
Eastern Finland

scholarly journals A Stepwise GIS Approach for the Delineation of River Valley Bottom within Drainage Basins Using a Cost Distance Accumulation Analysis

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 827
Author(s):  
Gasper L. Sechu ◽  
Bertel Nilsson ◽  
Bo V. Iversen ◽  
Mette B. Greve ◽  
Christen D. Børgesen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Nutrient Loading ◽  
Drainage Basin ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Drainage Basins ◽  
Valley Bottom ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Cost Distance ◽  
River Valleys

River valley bottoms have hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological importance and are buffers for protecting the river from upland nutrient loading coming from agriculture and other sources. They are relatively flat, low-lying areas of the terrain that are adjacent to the river and bound by increasing slopes at the transition to the uplands. These areas have under natural conditions, a groundwater table close to the soil surface. The objective of this paper is to present a stepwise GIS approach for the delineation of river valley bottom within drainage basins and use it to perform a national delineation. We developed a tool that applies a concept called cost distance accumulation with spatial data inputs consisting a river network and slope derived from a digital elevation model. We then used wetlands adjacent to rivers as a guide finding the river valley bottom boundary from the cost distance accumulation. We present results from our tool for the whole country of Denmark carrying out a validation within three selected areas. The results reveal that the tool visually performs well and delineates both confined and unconfined river valleys within the same drainage basin. We use the most common forms of wetlands (meadow and marsh) in Denmark’s river valleys known as Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDE) to validate our river valley bottom delineated areas. Our delineation picks about half to two-thirds of these GDE. However, we expected this since farmers have reclaimed Denmark’s low-lying areas during the last 200 years before the first map of GDE was created. Our tool can be used as a management tool, since it can delineate an area that has been the focus of management actions to protect waterways from upland nutrient pollution.

Early Maize in Northeastern North America: A Comment on Emerson and Colleagues

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-427
Author(s):  
John P. Hart ◽  
William A. Lovis ◽  
M. Anne Katzenberg
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Great Lakes ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Northeastern North America ◽  
Isotopic Evidence ◽  
St Lawrence River

Emerson and colleagues (2020) provide new isotopic evidence on directly dated human bone from the Greater Cahokia region. They conclude that maize was not adopted in the region prior to AD 900. Placing this result within the larger context of maize histories in northeastern North America, they suggest that evidence from the lower Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River valley for earlier maize is “enigmatic” and “perplexing.” Here, we review that evidence, accumulated over the course of several decades, and question why Emerson and colleagues felt the need to offer opinions on that evidence without providing any new contradictory empirical evidence for the region.

The effects of a permanently elevated water table in an acid sulphate soil on reed canary grass for combustion

2013 ◽  
Vol 375 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenedy E. Epie ◽  
Seija Virtanen ◽  
Arja Santanen ◽  
Asko Simojoki ◽  
Frederick L. Stoddard
Keyword(s):  
Water Table ◽  
Reed Canary Grass ◽  
Acid Sulphate Soil ◽  
Acid Sulphate ◽  
Elevated Water Table ◽  
Canary Grass ◽  
Elevated Water

scholarly journals Assessment and Characterization of Reed Canary Grass Plantations for Energy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blas Mola ◽  
Xiaoqian Xu ◽  
Oskar Englund ◽  
Ioannis Dimitriou
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Frost Tolerance ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Reed Canary Grass ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Alternative Crop ◽  
Canary Grass ◽  
Policy Incentives

Research Highlights: (1) Reed canary grass (RCG) is analysed in Sweden compared to willow and poplar for 2001-2020 (2) Each crop presents a different land-use and climatic profile (3) Average yield records of reed canary grass are similar to willow and poplar (4) There are divergences between trial-based and commercial yields (5) Existing LUC patterns suggest meadow>RCG and RCG>cereal (6) RCG land area is very sensitive to policy incentives. Background and objectives: RCG is an alternative crop for biomass-to-energy due to high yield and frost tolerance. We assess the cultivation in Sweden by using an extensive compilation of data, with emphasis on the extension of the cultivation, areas planted, climatic profile, land use patterns and yield levels. Material and methods: All RCG plantations are analysed for 2001-2020. A geostatistical analysis is performed to characterize where is cultivated and the land uses associated. Climatic, productivity and yield profiles are compared to willow and poplar plantations, from experiments and from commercial plantations. Results: The results show that the cultivation of reed canary grass expanded after 2005, with a maximum of 800 ha in 2009 to then decrease to the current levels of about 550 ha. It is mainly grown in colder climatic areas, with lower agricultural productivity than willow and poplar. Mean yields from trials are 6 odt ha-1 yr-1; commercial yields are 3.5 odt ha-1 yr-1. RCG replace meadow land and is replaced by cereals, when abandoned. Conclusions: Reed canary grass is an interesting alternative, growing on colder areas but on similar yield levels than other energy crops. The cultivation is more sensitive to policy incentives

scholarly journals Non-wood plants as raw material for pulp and paper

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (Supplement) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. SAIJONKARI-PAHKALA
Keyword(s):  
Tall Fescue ◽  
Mineral Content ◽  
Clay Soil ◽  
Organic Soil ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Reed Canary Grass ◽  
Application Rates ◽  
Canary Grass

This study was begun in 1990 when there was a marked shortage of short fibre raw material for the pulp industry. During the last ten years the situation has changed little, and the shortage is still apparent. It was estimated that 0.5 to 1 million hectares of arable land would be set aside from cultivation in Finland during this period. An alternative to using hardwoods in printing papers is non-wood fibres from herbaceous field crops. The study aimed at determining the feasibility of using non-wood plants as raw material for the pulp and paper industry, and developing crop management methods for the selected species. The properties considered important for a fibre crop were high yielding ability, high pulping quality and good adaptation to the prevailing climatic conditions and possibilities for low cost production. A strategy and a process to identify, select and introduce a crop for domestic short fibre production is described in this thesis. The experimental part of the study consisted of screening plant species by analysing fibre and mineral content, evaluating crop management methods and varieties, resulting in description of an appropriate cropping system for large-scale fibre plant production. Of the 17 herbaceous plant species studied, monocotyledons were most suitable for pulping. They were productive and well adapted to Finnish climatic conditions. Of the monocots, reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) were the most promising. These were chosen for further studies and were included in field experiments to determine the most suitable harvesting system and fertilizer application procedures for biomass production. Reed canary grass was favoured by delayed harvesting in spring when the moisture content of the crop stand was 10-15% of DM before production of new tillers. When sown in early spring, reed canary grass typically yielded 7-8 t ha-1 within three years on clay soil. The yield exceeded 10 t ha-1 on organic soil after the second harvest year. Spring harvesting was not suitable for tall fescue and resulted in only 37-54% of dry matter yields and in far fewer stems and panicles than harvested during the growing season. The economic optimum for fertilizer application rate for reed canary grass ranged from 50 to 100 kg N ha-1 when grown on clay soil and harvested in spring. On organic soil the fertilizer rates needed were lower. If tall fescue is used for raw material for paper, fertilizer application rates higher than 100 kg N ha-1 were not of any additional benefit. It was possible to decrease the mineral content of raw material by harvesting in spring, using moderate fertilizer application rates, removing leaf blades from the raw material and growing the crop on organic soil. The fibre content of the raw material increased the later the crop was harvested, being highest in spring. Removing leaf blades and using minimum fertilizer application rates in-creased the fibre content of biomass.;

scholarly journals Controlling dietary cation-anion differences in forages by chloride fertilisation

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Nesheim ◽  
Olav Martin Synnes ◽  
Arvid Steen ◽  
Anne Langerud ◽  
Anne Kjersti Bakken
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Reed Canary Grass ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Meadow Fescue ◽  
Milk Fever ◽  
Western Norway ◽  
Canary Grass ◽  
The Ideal

Rations with low to negative dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) given to dairy cows before calving reduce the risk of hypocalcaemia (milk fever). Different strategies for increasing forage DCAD were investigated in field trials in Central and Western Norway. Fertilisation with 70, 140 or 210 kg Cl per hectare as calcium chloride and low supply rates of K reduced DCAD in forage harvested at late developmental stages in spring growth of timothy and meadow fescue. The ideal negative DCAD was only attained on soils very low in plant available K. Timing (spring versus late spring) and source of Cl (CaCl2 versus MgCl2) were of no importance for the result. When pure stands of seven grasses were fertilised in spring either without chloride or with 140 kg chloride per hectare, the lowest values of DCAD after chloride fertilisation were found in perennial ryegrass and reed canary grass. By comparison, cocksfoot had equally high or higher Cl concentrations in its tissues, but accumulated more K, and seemed to be poorly suited for low DCAD forage production. It was concluded that Cl fertilisation is a more efficient means of controlling DCAD than sward species composition.

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