The application of animal manure as a source of plant nutrients requires the determination of the amount and pattern of nutrient mineralization from m......
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous toxic organic pollutants in the natural environment that are strongly associated with socioecon......
Owing to their potential advantages such as waste reduction, recycling, and economic attributes, fast-growing bioenergy crops have the capacity to eff......
Elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) (eCO(2)) has been shown to affect the nitrous oxide (N2O) emission from terrestrial ecosystems by altering the interacti......
In trace metal (TM)-contaminated agricultural soils, management of TM availability is important for safe crop production. In addition, maintenance or ......
Clay minerals play an important role in biogeochemical cycling. Here, kaolinite and montmorillonite, the two most abundant and widespread clay mineral......
Intensification of grazed grasslands following conversion from dryland to irrigated farming has the potential to alter ecosystem carbon (C) cycling an......
Visible near-infrared (vis-NIR) and portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometers have been increasingly utilized for predicting soil properties wo......
Arsenic (As) is a known carcinogen and naturally occurring semi-metal in soils and in the Earth's crust. Contamination of soils and water with As pose......
Soil remediation is an important part of the restoration process of degraded terrestrial ecosystems. Due to its unique properties, biochar is being us......
Knowing the spatial distribution of soil texture, which is a physical property, is essential to support agricultural and environmental decision making......
Degraded soil aggregation arising from nitrogen (N) fertilization has been reported in many studies; however, the mechanisms have not yet been clarifi......
