Decomposition of soil organic matter as affected by clay types, pedogenic oxides and plant residue addition rates

M Singh, B Sarkar, NS Bolan, YS Ok… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
The interactive effects of the types and contents of soil clay fractions (SCFs) and plant-
residue addition rates on soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilisation are largely unknown. We …

Effects of slaking and mechanical breakdown on disaggregation and splash erosion

H Xiao, G Liu, MAM Abd‐Elbasit… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The contributions of different mechanisms of aggregate breakdown to splash erosion are still
obscure. This study was designed to investigate the effects of various mechanisms of soil …

Short-term effects of olive oil mill wastewater application on soil water repellency

G Bombino, S Andiloro, A Folino… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Land spreading of olive mill wastewater (OMW) allows a cheap and environmentally sound
effluent disposal. However, this practice requires suitable application protocols, in order to …

Soil water repellency decreases summer maize growth

Y Li, N Yao, D Tang, HW Chau, H Feng - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
A two-year summer maize irrigation experiment was conducted in soil lysimeters under a
rain-shelter to analyze the effects of water repellency on soil moisture, evapotranspiration …

Remediating the adverse effects of treated wastewater irrigation by repeated on‐surface surfactant application

FA Ogunmokun, R Wallach - Water Resources Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The use of treated wastewater (TWW) has gained recognition as an alternative source for
freshwater irrigation, and is steadily expanding worldwide. Despite the benefits of freshwater …

Engineering clay minerals to manage the functions of soils

M Yu, SM Tariq, H Yang - Clay Minerals, 2022 - cambridge.org
Clay minerals are essential components of soil systems and understanding their role in soil
structure and function is critical for soil environmental quality management and sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] The mitigation of phosphorus losses from a water-repellent soil used for grazed dairy farming

RW McDowell, W Catto, NLS McDowell - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) losses via surface runoff can be large. Soil water repellency (SWR) occurs
in warm and dry conditions. If SWR coincides with P fertiliser applications, the risk of P loss …

Glacial rock flour reduces the hydrophobicity of Greenlandic cultivated soils

PL Weber, C Hermansen, C Pesch… - Soil Science Society …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soil water repellency (WR) is ubiquitous across Greenlandic cultivated fields, which may
constrain agricultural production. Fine‐grained glacial rock flour (GRF) is available in the …

Fertility impacts in crude oil-contaminated soil based on type and quantity of clay

G Álvarez-Coronel, VI Domínguez-Rodríguez… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Artificial soil mixtures were prepared with 10–40% of either kaolinite or bentonite clay, plus
Sphagnum moss, and clean sand. Mixtures were placed in plastic containers in the field …

Comparison of various techniques to estimate the extent and persistence of soil water repellency

L Lichner, M Rodný, B Marschner, Y Chen, I Nadav… - Biologia, 2017 - degruyter.com
New techniques to estimate the extent and persistence of soil water repellency (SWR) were
compared with commonly used techniques in assessing the results taken in the long-term …