Nutrient recommendations are based upon soil test calibration studies that relate the probability of a profitable plant response to nutrient addition to the plant nutrient concentration in the soil as ...

Agronomist, Agronomy Research Manager, Agronomy Specialist, Crop Nutrition Scientist, Microbiology Soil Scientist, Research Soil Scientist, Soil Classifier/Soil Scientist, Soil Fertility Extension ...

Benefits of soil organic matter (SOM) include improvement of soil quality through increased retention of water and nutrients, resulting in greater productivity of plants in natural environments ...

Soil fertility is the ability of soil to sustain plant growth and optimize crop yield. This can be enhanced through organic and inorganic fertilizers to the soil. Nuclear techniques provide data that ...

Chicken litter is generated in large quantities in Tennessee and many other southeastern states, and has long been used as a ...

W hen Mount St Helens erupted in 1980, the resulting lava, ash, and debris turned the landscape barren for miles around. It ...

Soil is key to the provision of ecosystem services, such as nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration and food and fibre production 1,2. However, soil is highly susceptible to degradation. Degraded ...

air and water blend together to create soil. Having the right balance in texture and nutrients is essential for healthy ...

A worm burrows its way through the dark earth, ingesting particles of soil and expelling nutrient-rich casts in a constant forage for food. Charles Darwin described earthworms as one of the most ...

but increase crop yields and nutrient content. "Much of the world's arable soil is contaminated by heavy metals, like cadmium, lead and mercury, as well as metalloids, like arsenic and selenium ...

These issues create uneven distributions of water, soil and nutrients, rendering large-scale farming practices ineffective. To tackle the problem, targeted surgery is carried out combining ...

Soil is a mixture of tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water. Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has ...