*Corresponding author e-mail: t.frank@soils.uni-kiel.de **This work was carried out in cooperation with TU Berlin and financially supported by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU) (project no 33068/01 and 33068/02 – 2017-2021). A b s t r a c t. An area with well-aggregated and structured soil with a high inter-aggregate strength is favourable for use as arable land, both to withstand mechanical stresses and for optimal plant growth. The application of lime in the form of CaCO3 can facilitate the formation of a stable soil structure. Therefore, we determined the impact of lime application on the erosive strength and density of air-dry aggregates sampled from a Haplic Gleysol with a clay content of 45%. The lime was applied to the soil in the field at two different rates, resulting in the following: 36 dt CaO-equivalents ha and 54 dt CaO-equivalents ha. The results show that liming significantly increased the erosive strength of aggregates. Lower densities were observed which presumably leads to an improved accessibility of the pores and the particle surfaces within the aggregates due to the application of CaCO3. Furthermore, differences between amounts of C and N were determined in the aggregate layers between the limed plots and the control plots. K e y w o r d s: erosive strength, arable land, liming, conventional tillage
{"title":"Impact of lime application on erosive strength and bulk density of aggregates","authors":"Tina Frank, I. Zimmermann, R. Horn","doi":"10.31545/intagr/143766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31545/intagr/143766","url":null,"abstract":"*Corresponding author e-mail: t.frank@soils.uni-kiel.de **This work was carried out in cooperation with TU Berlin and financially supported by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU) (project no 33068/01 and 33068/02 – 2017-2021). A b s t r a c t. An area with well-aggregated and structured soil with a high inter-aggregate strength is favourable for use as arable land, both to withstand mechanical stresses and for optimal plant growth. The application of lime in the form of CaCO3 can facilitate the formation of a stable soil structure. Therefore, we determined the impact of lime application on the erosive strength and density of air-dry aggregates sampled from a Haplic Gleysol with a clay content of 45%. The lime was applied to the soil in the field at two different rates, resulting in the following: 36 dt CaO-equivalents ha and 54 dt CaO-equivalents ha. The results show that liming significantly increased the erosive strength of aggregates. Lower densities were observed which presumably leads to an improved accessibility of the pores and the particle surfaces within the aggregates due to the application of CaCO3. Furthermore, differences between amounts of C and N were determined in the aggregate layers between the limed plots and the control plots. K e y w o r d s: erosive strength, arable land, liming, conventional tillage","PeriodicalId":13959,"journal":{"name":"International Agrophysics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44210025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Paul, Saha Monidipta, J. Száková, Sahu Chandra, P. Tlustoš
*Corresponding author e-mail: szakova@af.czu.czn **The study was supported by European Regional Development Fund NutRisk Centre No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000845 (2018-2023). A b s t r a c t. Among the three important nutrients of (NPK) for plants, potassium plays a vital role in increasing disease resistance capacity and also in the activation of over 80 different enzymes responsible for plant metabolism. This article presents changes in the population of some soil beneficial microorganisms responsible for the nutrient cycling process in the soil and in their respiration activity as related to the application of different potassium (K) fertilizers (KCl and K2SO4) at different doses in a model incubation experiment. The application of KCl and K2SO4 fertilizers increases soil acidity at higher doses. The parameters describing the soil microbial community, i.e. microbial respiration and colony forming unit counts of free living N2-fixing bacteria, Rhizobium sp., Pseudomonas sp., potassium-solubilizing bacteria, and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria increased with the application of fertilizers at lower doses, but a minor decrease was observed for higher doses of fertilizers. The level of microbial activity showed a positive correlation with the application of different amounts of fertilizer but no effect was observed due to the use of different fertilizer types, thereby indicating that a substantial improvement in soil biological activities can be achieved regardless of the K fertilizer type at optimized doses. K e y w o r d s: potassium fertilizer, soil health, soil biology, incubation experiment, sustainable fertilizer use
{"title":"Response of some characteristics of selected beneficial soil microorganisms under different potassium fertilizer applications","authors":"C. Paul, Saha Monidipta, J. Száková, Sahu Chandra, P. Tlustoš","doi":"10.31545/intagr/143426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31545/intagr/143426","url":null,"abstract":"*Corresponding author e-mail: szakova@af.czu.czn **The study was supported by European Regional Development Fund NutRisk Centre No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000845 (2018-2023). A b s t r a c t. Among the three important nutrients of (NPK) for plants, potassium plays a vital role in increasing disease resistance capacity and also in the activation of over 80 different enzymes responsible for plant metabolism. This article presents changes in the population of some soil beneficial microorganisms responsible for the nutrient cycling process in the soil and in their respiration activity as related to the application of different potassium (K) fertilizers (KCl and K2SO4) at different doses in a model incubation experiment. The application of KCl and K2SO4 fertilizers increases soil acidity at higher doses. The parameters describing the soil microbial community, i.e. microbial respiration and colony forming unit counts of free living N2-fixing bacteria, Rhizobium sp., Pseudomonas sp., potassium-solubilizing bacteria, and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria increased with the application of fertilizers at lower doses, but a minor decrease was observed for higher doses of fertilizers. The level of microbial activity showed a positive correlation with the application of different amounts of fertilizer but no effect was observed due to the use of different fertilizer types, thereby indicating that a substantial improvement in soil biological activities can be achieved regardless of the K fertilizer type at optimized doses. K e y w o r d s: potassium fertilizer, soil health, soil biology, incubation experiment, sustainable fertilizer use","PeriodicalId":13959,"journal":{"name":"International Agrophysics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42813922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jianghong Wu, Min Zhang, B. Bhandari, Chao-hui Yang
State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 214122 Wuxi, Jiangsu, China Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Food Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Jiangnan University, China International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Jiangnan University, China School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Yangzhou Yechun Food Production & Distribution Co., Yangzhou 225200, Jiangsu, China
{"title":"Drip Loss Control Technology of Frozen Fruits and Vegetables During Thawing: a Review","authors":"Jianghong Wu, Min Zhang, B. Bhandari, Chao-hui Yang","doi":"10.31545/intagr/142289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31545/intagr/142289","url":null,"abstract":"State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 214122 Wuxi, Jiangsu, China Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Food Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Jiangnan University, China International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Jiangnan University, China School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Yangzhou Yechun Food Production & Distribution Co., Yangzhou 225200, Jiangsu, China","PeriodicalId":13959,"journal":{"name":"International Agrophysics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42202700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in bread making quality of wheat during postharvest maturations","authors":"Anna Szafrańska, S. Stępniewska","doi":"10.31545/INTAGR/138841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31545/INTAGR/138841","url":null,"abstract":"vars, wheat maturation","PeriodicalId":13959,"journal":{"name":"International Agrophysics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48664627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}