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The Australian soil classification
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The Australian Soil Classification as mentioned in this paper provides a framework for organizing knowledge about Australian soils by allocating soils to classes via a key, and has been widely adopted and formally endorsed as the official national system.Abstract:
The Australian Soil Classification provides a framework for organising knowledge about Australian soils by allocating soils to classes via a key. Since its publication in 1996, this book has been widely adopted and formally endorsed as the official national system. It has provided a means of communication among scientists and land managers and has proven to be of particular value in land resource survey and research programs, environmental studies and education.
Classification is a basic requirement of all science and needs to be periodically revised as knowledge increases. This third edition of The Australian Soil Classification includes updates from a working group of the National Committee on Soil and Terrain (NCST). The main change in this edition accommodates new knowledge and understanding of the significance, nature, distribution and refined testing for soils comprising deep sands, leading to the inclusion of a new Order, the Arenosols. The introduction of the Arenosols Order led to a review and changes to Calcarosols, Tenosols and Rudosols.
The Australian Soil Classification is Volume 4 in the Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbook Series.read more
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Visible, near infrared, mid infrared or combined diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for simultaneous assessment of various soil properties
TL;DR: In this article, partial least squares regression (PLSR) was used to construct calibration models which were independently validated for the prediction of various soil properties from the soil spectra, including soil pHCa,p H w, lime requirement (LR), organic carbon (OC), clay, silt, sand, cation exchange capacity, exchangeable calcium (Ca), exchangeable aluminium (Al), nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N), available phosphorus (PCol), exchangeability potassium (K) and electrical conductivity (EC).
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Agronomic values of greenwaste biochar as a soil amendment
TL;DR: In this article, a pot trial was carried out to investigate the effect of biochar produced from greenwaste by pyrolysis on the yield of radish and the soil quality of an Alfisol.
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World salinization with emphasis on Australia
TL;DR: Examining soil processes that dictate the exact edaphic environment upon which root functions depend and can help in research on plant improvement is examined.
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Using poultry litter biochars as soil amendments
TL;DR: In this paper, two biochar types produced from poultry litter under different pyrolysis conditions were tested in a pot trial by assessing the yield of radish (Raphanus sativus var Long Scarlet) as well as the soil quality of a hard-setting Chromosol (Alfisol).
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Improved culturability of soil bacteria and isolation in pure culture of novel members of the divisions Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, and Verrucomicrobia
TL;DR: Findings suggest that the maximum achievable CFU count may be as low as 64.3% of the total cell count, which is significantly lower than previously thought.
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