CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EPIDERMAL LAYER OF CARROT ROOTS GROWN ON PEAT AND MINERAL SOIL

1971 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 513-517
Author(s):  
E. W. CHIPMAN ◽  
F. R. FORSYTH
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Reducing Sugars ◽  
Peat Soil ◽  
Mineral Soil ◽  
Epidermal Layer ◽  
Peat Soils ◽  
Anti Oxidant ◽  
Mineral Soils

The epidermal layer of carrot roots grown on peat soil contained more ascorbic acid and less phenols, carotene, reducing sugars, and dry matter than those from a mineral soil. The increased level of phenol and the decreased level of the anti-oxidant ascorbic acid are the likely contributing causes of the increased browning of carrots in mineral soils relative to peat soils.

Some effects of gamma radiation on several varieties of Tasmanian potatoes. 2. Biochemical changes

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (18) ◽  
pp. 289 ◽  
Author(s):  
PA Wills
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Gamma Radiation ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Reducing Sugars ◽  
Starch Content ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Dehydroascorbic Acid ◽  
Ascorbic Acid Content ◽  
Reducing Sugar ◽  
Total Sugars

Tasmanian Up-to-date, Kennebec, Sebago, and Sequoia tubers were treated with low doses of gamma radiation to inhibit sprouting and were subsequently stored at 68�F or 45�F. Tubers were examined at bi-monthly intervals for some, or all, of the following biochemical constituents : dry matter, thiamin, reduced ascorbic acid, dehydroascorbic acid, total ascorbic acid, soluble reducing sugars, sucrose, total sugars, and starch. Radiation, independent of dose level, led to lower dry matter contents in the Up-to-date, Kennebec, and Sequoia tubers after four months storage, and in the Sebago tubers after six months storage at 68�F, but not at 45�F, when compared to the controls. The thiamin content of Up-to-date tubers w-as not influenced by radiation (16,000 rads). Storage w-as a more important factor than radiation in altering the ascorbic acid content of tubers. Radiation maintained, or even increased the normal level. Radiation increased the soluble reducing sugar content of Sequoia tubers, the total sugar of Sequoia and Sebago tubers, and the sucrose content of the Sebago tubers, but had little effect on the starch content of these varieties. Storage influenced some of these constituents, particularly in the Sebago variety.

Effect of soil type and depth on crop production

1984 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. S. Reith ◽  
R. H. E. Inkson ◽  
K. S. Caldwell ◽  
W. E. Simpson ◽  
J. A. M. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Soil Type ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Mineral Soil ◽  
Soil Series ◽  
Land Capability ◽  
Local Soil ◽  
Peaty Soil ◽  
Mineral Soils

SUMMARYTopsoils from eight different soil series were substituted for the local soil in three arrangements involving two depths of topsoil and either local or sand subsoils. A rotation of crops was grown with uniform annual N, P and K treatments for 24 years. A peaty soil produced the highest yields of grain, straw and grass, presumably because it released more N than the mineral soils, but an average yield of swedes. No mineral soil consistently produced higher yields of all crops and, although there were some significant differences, the variations in yield were generally relatively small. The deep topsoil consistently produced the highest yields. Topsoil with sand subsoil gave the lowest yields of grain, straw and swedes but not of grass.All the crops on the peaty soil had higher concentrations of P in the dry matter than those from the seven mineral soils. Crops and herbage on the Laurencekirk and Foud-land soils had consistently slightly higher P concentrations than those on the other five mineral soils. Compared with the amounts applied, the crops removed considerably more K but only 45–68% of the P. There were large differences in the proportion of the P residues extractable by acetic acid from the different soil series.The depth of topsoil was at least as important as soil type in determining yield, and the results support the use of soil depth as one of the main factors used in the Land Capability Classification for Agriculture.

scholarly journals Water-extractable organic matter in the profile of mineral and organic soils of Upper Dniester alluvial plane

2017 ◽  
pp. 181-190
Author(s):  
Partyka T. ◽  
Hamkalo Z.
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
Dynamic Equilibrium ◽  
Peat Soil ◽  
Organic Soils ◽  
Peat Soils ◽  
Soil Layers ◽  
Labile Pool ◽  
Mineral Soils ◽  
Extractable Organic Matter

Content of cold water extracted organic matter (CWEOM) in organic and mineral soils of Upperdniester alluvial plane was estimated. The largest CWEOM content (mg∙100 g-1) in the upper (10 cm) soil layers was found in peat soils – 105-135, and the smallest – 20-30– in arable sod and meadow soils. The highest CWEOM content was found in the lower horizons of peat soil, where it reaches 290 mg∙100 g-1. Strong correlation (r=0.81 -0.99; P<0.05) between CWEOM and TOC was found. It indicates the presence of dynamic equilibrium in the SOM system that supports certain level of labile pool compounds – the main source of bioavailable materials and energy.

scholarly journals Influence of Catch Crops on Yield and Chemical Composition of Winter Garlic Grown for Bunch Harvesting

Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Andrzej Sałata ◽  
Gaetano Pandino ◽  
Halina Buczkowska ◽  
Sara Lombardo
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Essential Oil ◽  
Phenolic Acids ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Reducing Sugars ◽  
Plant Litter ◽  
Crude Fiber ◽  
Catch Crops ◽  
Edible Part

The cultivation of catch crops left on the surface of the field in the form of mulch promotes sustainable farming practices, while protecting the biodiversity of agricultural landscape. The paper presents results of research from 2013–2016, aimed at determining the usefulness of catch crops of millet, buckwheat, white mustard, bird’s-foot and Egyptian clover for soil mulching in winter garlic cultivation. The effect of soil litter on the amount of garlic crop in cultivation for bunch harvest and nutritional value determined by chemical composition of edible parts was determined. In the edible part of garlic, the content of dry matter, total and reducing sugars, L-ascorbic acid, total ash, crude fiber, phenolic acids and essential oil was evaluated. The control consisted of plots without mulch plants. In the cultivation of garlic under organic mulch, there was no decrease in commercial yield and no negative competitive effect on yielding. Garlic plants cultivated with mulch plants were characterized by increased height and developed more leaves. The catch crops used in the form of mulch did not affect the dry matter and total ash content in garlic bulbs. In the cultivation with plant litter, the concentration of phenolic acids and essential oil in the leaves was higher and the content of crude fiber was lower, compared to the cultivation without litter. Biomass from catch crops from clover and mustard increased the content of L-ascorbic acid, at the same time reducing the content of total and reducing sugars in the edible part of garlic, except for mulch plants of the bean family. The chemical composition of garlic was affected by different thermal and precipitation conditions in the years of research. In 2016, the year with the highest total rainfall, plants accumulated more dry matter, L-ascorbic acid as well as total and reducing sugars than in 2014 and 2015, years with less rainfall. Our research indicates that there are prospects for practical application of catch crops in the form of mulch for garlic cultivation to enhance the level of nutrients, without compromising the yield.

White lupin: An alternative to pea in oat-legume forage mixtures grown in Newfoundland

1999 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B. McKenzie ◽  
D. Spaner
Keyword(s):  
Pisum Sativum ◽  
Peat Soil ◽  
Lupinus Albus ◽  
White Lupin ◽  
Pure Stand ◽  
Peat Soils ◽  
Pisum Sativum L ◽  
N Concentration ◽  
Mineral Soils ◽  
Lupinus Albus L

"Peas-oats-vetch" is a traditional annual forage crop in Newfoundland, cut as needed in late fall, and fed as fresh feed. We tested the potential of increasing yield biomass and N concentration of the annual forage mixture through the substitution of white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) for pea (Pisum sativum L.) in 1990 and 1991. On mineral soils, lupin and pea were seeded at rates of 10, 20, 40, and 80 seeds m−2 in 132 seeds m−2 oat (Avena sativa L.) mixtures, and compared with pure-stand oat. Oat-lupin and oat-pea mixtures, planted at similar seeding rates, were also harvested at weekly intervals between 8 and 14 wk after planting. Oat-lupin, oat-pea and pure-stand oat were evaluated in an additional experiment on peat soils. On mineral soils, oat-lupin mixtures yielded forage with similar, or greater, dry matter yields and N concentration than pure-stand oats and oat-pea mixtures. Greatest yields were attained when mixtures were planted with 20 to 40 lupin seeds m−2, and harvested 10 to 12 wk after early summer planting. On peat soils, white lupins were susceptible to diseases that did not affect peas, resulting in oat-lupin yields that did not differ from pure-stand oats. White lupin can be considered an alternative legume in oat-legume mixtures grown on mineral soils in eastern Newfoundland. Key words: Lupinus albus L., Pisum sativum L., oat-legume forage, podzolic soil, peat soil

scholarly journals Determination of organic phosphorus in samples of peat soils

1955 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-115
Author(s):  
Armi Kaila ◽  
Oili Virtanen
Keyword(s):  
Sulphuric Acid ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Phosphorus Content ◽  
Organic Phosphorus ◽  
Peat Soil ◽  
Acid Extraction ◽  
Peat Soils ◽  
Alkali Extraction ◽  
Mineral Soils

Attention was paid in the present paper to the fact that the precision of the values obtained by different methods for the total organic phosphorus in soil cannot be very high. Even the variation caused by the treatment of the extracts and connected with the colorimetric estimation of phosphate in the solution makes it impossible to report the results more accurately than by 10—20 ppm organic P, at least if routine analyses are in question. Although the somewhat modified methods of Dean, Wrenshall and Dyer,. Pearson, and Mehta et al. yielded equal results for the organic phosphorus content of the respective mineral soils and of most of the peat soils analyzed, the treatment with cold alkali in the Wrenshall and Dyer procedure apparently failed to extract the organic phosphorus from two peat samples as quantitatively as the treatment with hot alkali in the other methods. On the basis of this observations a new modification of the method of Wrenshall and Dyer was proposed. It consists of an extraction of 1-g sample with 25 ml of 4 N sulphuric acid at room temperature for 18 hours, followed by washing with water and two successive extractions with 100 ml of 0.5 N sodium hydroxide, the first of them for 18 hours at room temperature, the second for 4 hours at 90°C. This method was found to extract from 40 peat soil samples on the average about 97 per cent of the total phosphorus dissolved by the Kjeldahl digestion and about 9 per cent more organic phosphorus than the method of Pearson. Experiments concerning the ignition and acid extraction procedures indicated that the method of Ghani was not suitable for the determination of organic phosphorus in the twelve samples analysed. The extraction with sulphuric acid showed no marked differences between the increase in the soluble phosphorus due to the ignition when the ratio of extraction was varied from 1:40 to 1:200, and the extractant from 0.2 N acid to 5 N acid. The results obtained for 40 peat samples by ignition for one hour at 600°C and extraction of the ignited and untreated samples with 0.2 N sulphuric acid in a ratio of 1:100 for half an hour were on the average 8 per cent higher than those given by the proposed acid-alkali extraction. The total organic phosphorus content of soil may probably be somewhat higher than the figure yielded by the acid-alkali extraction and slightly lower than the value obtained by the ignition method. For the present, the most reliable result seems to be found in the average of the data given by these two methods.

scholarly journals Isolation of Cellulolytic Bacteria from Peat Soils as Decomposer of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
. Gusmawartati ◽  
. Agustian ◽  
. Herviyanti ◽  
. Jamsari
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Reducing Sugars ◽  
Peat Soil ◽  
Cellulolytic Activity ◽  
Empty Fruit Bunch ◽  
Cellulolytic Bacteria ◽  
Peat Soils ◽  
Bacterial Colony ◽  
Tropical Peat ◽  
Two Stages

The aim of the research was to find out potential strainsof cellulolytic bacteria isolated from two tropical peat soils and to studythe potency of the isolated bacteria to decompose oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB). The research was carried out in two stages: (1) isolation of cellulolytic bacteria from peat soils and (2) testing the potency of isolated bacteria to decompose oil palm EFB. The cellulolytic bacteria were isolated from two peat soils, i.e. a natural peat soil (forest) and a cultivated peat soil (has been used as agriculture land). Isolation of cellulolytic bacteria was conducted by preparing a series dilution of culture solutions using a streak plate method in a carboxymethyl cellulose(CMC) selective medium.Isolates that were able to form clear zones surrounding their bacterial colony were further tested to study the potency of the isolates to decompose cellulose in oil palm EFB. The cellulolytic activity of the selected isolates were further determined via production of reducing sugars in an oil palm EFB liquid medium using Nelson-Somogyi method. The results showed that there are six isolates of cellulolytic bacteria that have been identified in two tropical peat soils used in the current study. Two isolates are identified in a natural peat soil (forest) and four isolates are identified in a cultivated peat soil. The isolates collected are identified as Bacillus sp., Pseudomonassp. and Staphylococcus sp. Among the isolates, an isolate of GS II-1 produces the highest concentration of reducing sugars, namely 0.1012 unitmL-1or 101 ppm, indicating that the isolate of GS II-1 is highly potential to decompose oil palm EFB. Therefore, the isolate of GS II-1 can be used as a decomposer in the bio-conversion processes of oil palm EFB.Keywords: isolation, bacteria, cellulolytic, oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB), peat soil

scholarly journals Identifying Peat Soil Layers in the South Kalimantan, Indonesia Using K-Means Clustering

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mimin Iryanti ◽  
Ahmad Aminudin ◽  
Eleonora Agustine ◽  
Satria Bijaksana ◽  
Wahyu Srigutomo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Peat Soil ◽  
Loss On Ignition ◽  
The South ◽  
Peat Soils ◽  
Soil Layers ◽  
Electrical And Magnetic Properties ◽  
Mineral Soils

Various type of soils have been identified based on their electrical and magnetic properties, especially with regards to peat soils. Peat soils are commonly considered as partly decomposed vegetation. In this study, electrical and magnetic properties have been used in K-means clustering to identify layers of peat soils. K-means clustering is a partitioning method that treats observations in the data. Data cores were obtained at every centimeter and examined for their electrical conductivity (&sigma;) and magnetic susceptibility (&chi;m) properties. A 291 cm core was obtained at Tegal Arum Village in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. The K-means clustering results indicate two different layers at 148 cm, and this is supported by loss on ignition (LOI) measurements. In the first layers, a 87.65% LOI was found associated with peat soils (above 248 cm). Whereas, in the second layers, there was a 26.11% LOI associated with mineral soils (below 248 cm). The results of this study using K-means clustering can be used to delineate soil layers.

scholarly journals LONG-TERM GROUNDWATER REGIME TRENDS IN THE AGRICULTURAL AREAS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurelija RUDZIANSKAITĖ
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Level ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Peat Soil ◽  
Mineral Soil ◽  
Hydrological Regime ◽  
Kendall Test ◽  
Groundwater Level Fluctuations ◽  
Mineral Soils

Long-term data on hydrological regime change of the groundwater situated in moraine sandy loam and peat in Lithuanian karst zone presented in the article. The aim of the paper was on the basis of long-term groundwater studies to determine the water level trends. Groundwater level fluctuations mainly dependent on the ground type. The nearest land surface groundwater level (61-174 cm) was measured in peat soil (well 1), in mineral soil (well 2) was deeper (309-584 cm). Correlation between data of the annual precipitation and groundwater level in mineral soils (r2 = 0.416, tact .= 3.48>t95%=1.74) was more significant than in peat soils (r2 = 0.185, tact.=1.96 >t95%=1.74). The highest fluctuations of groundwater level was determined in mineral soil (well 2). According to Mann-Kendall test, the groundwater level significantly increased in February, April and December. Due to warmer winters decreased the duration and depth of the frost, frequent thaw, this cause increased feeding of aquifer in winter.

scholarly journals Assessment on the Suitability of Planting Non-Native Peatlands Species Falcataria moluccana (Miq.) Barneby & Grimes in Rewetted Peatlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7015
Author(s):  
Hani Sitti Nuroniah ◽  
Hesti Lestari Tata ◽  
Mawazin ◽  
Endri Martini ◽  
Sonya Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Peat Soil ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Peat Soils ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Timber Tree ◽  
Wood Demand ◽  
Mineral Soils ◽  
Nursery Field

Sengon (Falcataria moluccana), a fast-growing timber tree that naturally grows on mineral soils, is currently promoted in peatlands. This study aimed to (1) experimentally test the response of sengon seedlings in waterlogged conditions in the nursery; (2) describe and analyze the biophysical condition of a sengon plantation and its growth; (3) describe sengon farm practices on peatlands; and (4) identify key actor’s perception on planting sengon on peatlands. This study combined an experiment in nursery, field measurements, and key-informant interviews. The nursery experiment showed that peat soil affected seedling’s growth: survival rates decreased by 25–33% after 3 months of inundation. Sengon growth at age 1–5-years-old in peat soil was slower than that on mineral soils. Sengon growth in peatland was influenced by peat depth and peat maturity. Sengon plantation in Central Kalimantan was driven by market availability and industrial wood demand. Fourty-three percent of respondents thought sengon does not grow well in peat soils, but 57% of respondents thought that additional soil treatment will enhance site suitability. Based on key-informants’ experience, 64% disagree with sengon development in peatlands. Our study provides evidence that sengon is predominantly not suitable to be planted on peatlands. Therefore, cautions need to be taken when planting sengon on peatland areas.

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