Role of soil organic matter in maintaining sustainability of crop** systems

NK Fageria - Communications in soil science and plant analysis, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Soil organic matter (SOM) has long been recognized as an important indicator of soil
productivity. The SOM refers to the organic fraction of the soil exclusive of undecayed plant …

Evaluating pedotransfer functions for predicting soil bulk density using hierarchical map** information in Campania, Italy

P Nasta, M Palladino, B Sica, A Pizzolante… - Geoderma …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the performance of 63 existing pedotransfer functions (PTFs) is evaluated to
estimate oven-dry soil bulk density (BD) by using a dataset of 3316 soil cores taken in the …

Predictive quality of pedotransfer functions for estimating bulk density of forest soils

B De Vos, M Van Meirvenne, P Quataert… - Soil Science Society …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) based on easily measured soil variables offer an alternative
for labor‐intensive bulk density (ρb) measurements. The predictive quality of 12 published …

Global soil, landuse, evapotranspiration, historical and future weather databases for SWAT Applications

KC Abbaspour, SA Vaghefi, H Yang, R Srinivasan - Scientific data, 2019 - nature.com
Large-scale distributed watershed models are data-intensive, and preparing them
consumes most of the research resources. We prepared high-resolution global databases of …

Predicting bulk density using pedotransfer functions for soils in the Upper Anthemountas basin, Greece

S Sevastas, D Gasparatos, D Botsis, I Siarkos… - Geoderma …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Special equations called Pedotransfer Functions (PTFs) have been broadly
implemented as state-of-the-art indirect cost-effective and time-saving methods in predicting …

Organic carbon organic matter and bulk density relationships in arid-semi arid soils in Southeast Anatolia region

E Sakin - African journal of biotechnology, 2012 - ajol.info
Soil organic matter (SOM) and soil organic carbon (SOC) constitute usually a small portion
of soil, but they are one of the most important components of ecosystems. Bulk density (dB or …

[書籍][B] Nitrogen management in crop production

NK Fageria - 2014 - books.google.com
One of the main approaches for safeguarding food security, sustainable development has
increased demand for knowledge on fertilizer management in crop production. Among …

Impacts of forest gaps on soil properties and processes in old growth northern hardwood-hemlock forests

BC Scharenbroch, JG Bockheim - Plant and soil, 2007 - Springer
We examined the influence of treefall gaps on soil properties and processes in old growth
northern hardwood-hemlock forests in the upper Great Lakes region, USA. We found …

Excluding organic matter content from pedotransfer predictors of soil water retention

S Zacharias, G Wessolek - Soil Science Society of America …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of pedotransfer functions (PTFs) published for estimating water retention
characteristics (WRC) use data on soil texture, bulk density, and organic matter content (OM) …

Develo** pedotransfer functions for predicting soil bulk density in Campania

M Palladino, N Romano, E Pasolli, P Nasta - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Oven-dry soil bulk density (BD) is a key soil parameter in biophysical models. Yet, its direct
determination for large-scale modeling applications is limited by excessive efforts required …