scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT SOIL FERTILITY MAP BY GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY FOR AL-SOUERA

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (Special) ◽  
Author(s):  
AlBudeiri & AL-Aloosy
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Soil Productivity ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Soil Class ◽  
Neutral Ph ◽  
Fertile Soil

The study area is located in Wasit province, represented in Al-Souera about 60km south of Baghdad (464273.369- 463318.982) East and (3643443.734 - 3643798.3013) North. GIS technology was used to predict some of soil fertility parameters by using Kriging Application and to produce a final fertility map by standard method of assessment, building a database of soil characteristics in GIS environmental. The results showed: There were four classes of fertility assessment in the study area, very fertile soil class was not found because the study area did not contain the ideal state of the indicators used in soil fertility assessment. The fertile soil class in the study area was 7.53% from the total area were silty clay loam texture, high organic matter, neutral pH, moderately CaCO3, high CEC, high contain NPK, low ECe , and low ESP. The moderately fertile soil class in the study area was 51.99 % from the total area were silty clay loam texture, low organic matter, neutral pH, high CaCO3, high CEC, high contain NPK, low ECe, and low ESP. The slightly fertile soil class in the study area was 39.61 % from the total area were silty clay loam texture, moderately organic matter, neutral pH, high CaCO3, high CEC, high contain NPK, moderately ECe, and low ESP. The non-fertile soil class in the study area was 0.93% from study area. The soil productivity digresses because of low organic matter, high CaCO3, and high ECe.

Aggregate slaking during rapid wetting: Hydrophobicity and pore occlusion

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafida Zaher ◽  
Jean Caron
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Water Entry ◽  
Paper Sludge ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Wetting Front ◽  
Clay Loam Soil ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Loam Soil

The slaking process after rapid wetting is a key factor controlling soil structural stability in dry soil, and an understanding of the relative importance of the different mechanisms involved in slaking may help in the design of management strategies aimed at maintaining a stable surface soil structure. Slaking has been linked to, among other factors, rapid pressure build-up in aggregate, and previous work has emphasized the role of organic matter to hamper that pressure build-up, possibly due to hydrophobicity, reducing rapid water entry within aggregates and hence the build-up. This study emphasizes this latter aspect linked to slaking. The evolution of the intra-aggregate pressure, the matter lost by slaking and the expelled air after rapid wetting of two soils of different textures (clay loam soil and silty-clay loam soil) amended with different types of paper sludge were studied. Hydrophobicity effects were also studied using a tensio-active solution. The results of these experiments showed that when aggregates were submitted to sudden wetting, those treated with paper sludge had an improved resistance to the destructive action of rapid wetting. The lower pressures measured in the aggregates from the amended soils and having less slaking resulted most likely from slow water entry and reduced swelling. Detailed investigation on the link between hydrophobicity and water entry revealed that the true hydrophobic effect (modification of contact angle) was non-existent for the silty-clay loam and minor for the clay loam. This study, rather, suggests that changes in the water potential at the wetting front following organic matter addition and aggregate immersion most likely depend on pore occlusion and on changes in pore surface roughness. Key words: Aggregate stability, organic matter, slaking, pressure, swelling, wettability

Fluometuron in Soil Solution as an Indicator of Its Efficacy in Three Soils

Weed Science ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 688-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Patterson ◽  
Gale A. Buchanan ◽  
Robert H. Walker ◽  
Richard M. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Soil Solution ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Weed Species ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Fine Sandy Loam

Analysis of fluometuron [1,1-dimethyl-3-(α,α,α-trifluoro-m-tolyl)urea] in soil solution after application of 0.5 or 1.0 ppmw revealed up to five-fold differences among three Alabama soils (Lucedale fine sandy loam, Decatur silty clay loam, and Sacul loam). Differences in fluometuron in soil solution were attributed to variable organic matter present and clay fractions. Fluometuron concentration in soil solution for each soil correlated well with control of four broadleaf weed species in a field experiment.

scholarly journals SOIL TYPE AND POTTING MEDIUM INFLUENCE ON RUST PUSTULE GRADE (SIZE) ON DRY BEAN LEAVES (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.)

HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1131g-1132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haytham Z. Zaiter ◽  
Dermot P. Coyne ◽  
Ralph B. Clark ◽  
James R. Steadman
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Growth Chamber ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Dry Bean ◽  
High Ph ◽  
Neutral Ph ◽  
Soil Media

Nine bean cultivars/lines were grown in a Tripp sandy-clay loam (high pH), a Sharpsburg silty clay loam (neutral pH), and a potting mix (equal volume of sand, soil [Sharpsburg silty clay loam], vermiculite and moss pest) (low pH) in greenhouse (one experiment), growth chamber (two experiments), and field (two experiments) in Lincoln, NE, in order to evaluate the leaf reaction of the plants to a Nebraska rust (Uromyces appendiculatus var. appendiculatus) isolate US85-NP-10-1. A factorial arrangement of soil media and cultivars/lines in a randomized complete block design was used in the greenhouse and growth chamber experiments, while a split-plot design (soil media as main plots and cultivars/lines as sub-plots) was used in the field experiments. Significant differences were observed for rust pustule size of cultivars/lines grown on the three different soil media. Plants grown on potting mix medium showed significant Increases in rust pustule size compared with Tripp (high pH) or Sharpsburg silty clay loam soils (neutral pH). A significant interaction occurred between soil media and cultivars/lines for the rust reaction. A positive correlation (R= +0.5) was observed between the increased concentration of C1 and Mn,, and a negative correlation for lower K (R+ -0.44) and soil pH in the potting mix and larger rust pustule size of leaves. These results have implications for plant breeders and pathologists involved in evaluating bean progenies and lines for rust resistance.

Availability and Persistence of Imazaquin, Imazethapyr, and Clomazone in Soil

Weed Science ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark M. Loux ◽  
Rex A. Liebl ◽  
Fred W. Slife
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Root Growth ◽  
Chromatographic Analysis ◽  
Shoot Growth ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Silt Loam ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Crop Injury

The availability and persistence of imazaquin, imazethapyr, and clomazone were studied in a Cisne silt loam (1.3% organic matter) and a Drummer silty clay loam (5.8% organic matter). Availability of all three herbicides to bioassay species was greater in the Cisne soil than in the Drummer soil. Corn root growth was more sensitive to imazaquin and imazethapyr than corn shoot growth. Shoot and root growth of wheat was inhbited by similar clomazone concentrations. In field experiments conducted in 1984, 1985, and 1986, all three herbicides were more persistent in the Drummer silty clay loam than in the Cisne silt loam. Clomazone and imazethapyr were detected by liquid or gas chromatographic analysis in the Drummer soil 3 yr following application. Crop injury occurred 5 months after application of imazaquin and clomazone to the Drummer soil. In the Cisne soil, only imazethapyr caused crop injury 5 months after application. Herbicide residues found below 7.5 cm were greater in the Drummer soil than in the Cisne soil.

SOIL TYPE AND POTTING MEDIUM INFLUENCE ON RUST PUSTULE GRADE (SIZE) ON DRY BEAN LEAVES (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.)

HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1131G-1132
Author(s):  
Haytham Z. Zaiter ◽  
Dermot P. Coyne ◽  
Ralph B. Clark ◽  
James R. Steadman
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Growth Chamber ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Dry Bean ◽  
High Ph ◽  
Neutral Ph ◽  
Soil Media

Nine bean cultivars/lines were grown in a Tripp sandy-clay loam (high pH), a Sharpsburg silty clay loam (neutral pH), and a potting mix (equal volume of sand, soil [Sharpsburg silty clay loam], vermiculite and moss pest) (low pH) in greenhouse (one experiment), growth chamber (two experiments), and field (two experiments) in Lincoln, NE, in order to evaluate the leaf reaction of the plants to a Nebraska rust (Uromyces appendiculatus var. appendiculatus) isolate US85-NP-10-1. A factorial arrangement of soil media and cultivars/lines in a randomized complete block design was used in the greenhouse and growth chamber experiments, while a split-plot design (soil media as main plots and cultivars/lines as sub-plots) was used in the field experiments. Significant differences were observed for rust pustule size of cultivars/lines grown on the three different soil media. Plants grown on potting mix medium showed significant Increases in rust pustule size compared with Tripp (high pH) or Sharpsburg silty clay loam soils (neutral pH). A significant interaction occurred between soil media and cultivars/lines for the rust reaction. A positive correlation (R= +0.5) was observed between the increased concentration of C1 and Mn,, and a negative correlation for lower K (R+ -0.44) and soil pH in the potting mix and larger rust pustule size of leaves. These results have implications for plant breeders and pathologists involved in evaluating bean progenies and lines for rust resistance.

Residual Phytotoxicity of Fluometuron in Soils

Weed Science ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger L. Darding ◽  
J. F. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Cation Exchange Capacity ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Silt Loam ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Greenhouse Condition ◽  
Exchangeable Bases ◽  
Soluble Phosphorus

Initial and residual phytotoxicity of 3-(m-trifluoromethylphenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea (fluometuron) in seven soils was studied under greenhouse condition, using oats (Avena sativa L., var. Brave) as the bioassay species. The phytotoxicity of fluometuron in four of the soils, with an organic matter range of 1.0 to 5.0%, was not different at any one of the five cropping periods. Inactivation of fluometuron was more rapid in Eden silty clay loam with 3.3% organic matter than in Maury silty clay loam/silt loam with 7.2% organic matter. Phytotoxicity was significantly correlated with organic matter and soluble phosphorus during the first two cropping periods, and with cation exchange capacity, exchangeable calcium, total exchangeable bases, and soluble phosphorus during the last three croppings.

Sorption of Metribuzin in Surface and Subsurface Soils of the Mississippi Delta Region

Weed Science ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney S. Harper
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Mississippi Delta ◽  
Clay Content ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Sand Content ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Distribution Constants

Sorption and desorption of metribuzin [4-amino-6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-3-(methylthio)-1,2,4-triazin-5(4H)-one] were measured in Dundee silty clay loam surface and subsurface soils. Soil samples were taken from a profile that had been divided into six sections from the surface to a depth of 175 cm. Metribuzin sorbed weakly to all soils from this profile with Freundlich distribution constants ranging from 0.78 to 1.34 μmole/kg. Soils from lower depths of the profile having higher pH (>7.0) and clay contents (>35%) sorbed significantly more metribuzin than the lower clay content, higher organic matter surface soils. Stepwise regression of the distribution constants against the variables pH, organic matter, clay content, and sand content showed that clay was the single best predictor, with sorption increasing as clay content increased (r2=0.750). The combination of two variables most related to sorption was clay and pH (r2=0.860, P= 0.15). Organic matter was not one of the primary variables related to sorption. Metribuzin was easily desorbed in all soils with less than 5% of the originally applied metribuzin remaining after three desorption treatments. This would indicate little tendency for irreversible sorption. This study demonstrates that soil properties within a profile determine sorption and, subsequently, movement of metribuzin.

Water-Soil-Plant Interactions with Terbacil

Weed Science ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 451-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Kratky ◽  
G. F. Warren
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Solution ◽  
Soil Type ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Fine Sand ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Total Adsorption

The phytotoxicity of terbacil (3-tert-butyl-5-chloro-6-methyluracil) is not closely correlated with the amount applied, the amount in available soil solution, or the concentration in available soil solution since soil type has a pronounced effect on the levels necessary for phytotoxicity. About 19 times more terbacil was needed in a Chalmers silty clay loam (24% organic matter) than in a Bloomfield fine sand (0.3% organic matter) to cause a 30% control of sorghum (Sorghum biclor(L.) Moench ‘R.S. 610’). However, the Bloomfield fine sand required twice as great a concentration of terbacil in the soil solution as the Chalmers silty clay loam (0.314 μg/ml versus 0.157 μg/ml). The total adsorption of terbacil in the latter soil decreased 4.5 fold when the water: soil ratio was increased from 0.6:1 (approximately field capacity) to 32:1, but the ratio of the concentration adsorbed: concentration in the soil solution did not vary appreciably.

scholarly journals Soil Fertility Mapping of Different VDCs of Sunsari District, Nepal Using GIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-151
Author(s):  
Nabin Rawal ◽  
Keshav Kumar Acharya ◽  
Chet Raj Bam ◽  
Kamal Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Total Nitrogen ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Fertility Status ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Soil Fertility Status

Soil fertility degradation has become a major problem for agricultural management in Nepal. A detailed soil fertility status of different VDCs of Sunsari district was investigated during 2015 and soil related crop production constraints were identified for proper utilization of agricultural land. Total 131 numbers of geo-referenced (GPS based) composite surface soil samples (0-15 cm) were collected from eleven Village Development Committees of Sunsari District. The sample points were recorded with a differential global position system and mapped using Geographic Information System (GIS). Soils were analyzed for mechanical composition, pH, organic matter, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, potassium and micronutrients like Boron, Zinc, Copper and Iron. About 38.9% soils were found to be silty clay loam, 20.6% were silty clay, 19.1% were clay loam and 21.4% were of other textural classes. Most of the soils were acidic and only few were neutral and slightly alkaline in nature. Soil Organic matter varies from 3.57% to 0.28% with a mean value of 1.53 %. The mean total nitrogen, available phosphorus, potassium was found to be 0.08%, 44.37 kg/ha and 128.04 kg/ha respectively. The mean hot water extractable Boron, DTPA extractable Copper, Zinc and Iron was found to be 0.14, 0.06, 0.15 and 10.71 mg/kg respectively. Thematic maps were prepared for each soil parameters using ArcGis10.1 software and ordinary Kriging interpolation was used in order to predict values for not sampled locations. The fertility maps provide the readymade source of information about soil fertility status and serve as the decision making tool for successful raising and development of crops. It can be concluded from the above study that GPS and GIS based soil fertility maps helps farmers, scientists, planners and students in providing soil test based fertilizer recommendation for intensive and sustainable site specific crop production.Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 6(2): 142-151 

The effects of changes in soil compaction and porosity on germination, establishment and yield of barley and globe beet

1967 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kubota ◽  
R. J. B. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Soil Compaction ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Pore Space ◽  
Silty Clay ◽  
Clay Loam ◽  
Silty Clay Loam ◽  
Heavy Clay

Two degrees of compaction, 'heavy' with a flattyred vehicle wheel, and 'light' with a ring roller, were given to the seed beds after sowing barley and globe beet on three contrasted soils. Changes in pore space of the soils and the responses of the crop to the changed physical properties were measured. The sites used were: Barnfield at Rothamsted, a heavy clay loam long under arable cultivation and having little organic matter; Pastures Field at Rothamsted, a field of silty clay loam ploughed after an 8-year ley; Stackyard field at Woburn, a light sandy loam long in arable cultivation and containing little organic matter.

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