Australian Journal of Soil Research articles from February 2007

Australian Journal of Soil Research archives from February 2007

Decomposition of sugarcane harvest residue in different climatic zones.
February 1, 2007... Introduction Management of soil organic matter is critically important for sustaining the long-term productivity of cropped soils. Key components of such management include an effective system of crop residue management, appropriate...

Management of sugarcane harvest residues: consequences for soil carbon and nitrogen.
February 1, 2007... Introduction The Australian sugar (Sacharum spp.) industry is concentrated along the east coast of Queensland and northern New South Wales, a region which coincides with many environmentally sensitive natural areas, including the Great...

Influence of organic and mineral fertilisation on organic matter fractions of a Brazilian Acrisol under maize/common bean intercrop.
February 1, 2007... Introduction In Brazil, intercropping or mixed cropping is the predominant system among most smallholdings ( 290 0

Long-term effects of different land use and soil management on various organic carbon fractions in an Inceptisol of subtropical India.
February 1, 2007... Introduction The carbon stock in agricultural soils is affected by changes in land use or management practices and converting forests to croplands has contributed to the historical rise in global levels of atmospheric C[O.sub.2] (Wilson...

Effect of soil cultivation and winter pugging on fluorine distribution in soil profiles under pasture following long-term applications of phosphate fertilisers.
February 1, 2007... Introduction The majority of fluorine (F) incidentally added in phosphorus (P) fertilisers (1-4% F) to pasture continues to accumulate in the top few centimetres of soils as a result of strong F sorption to layer silicates and oxides and...

Cation influence on sulfate leaching in allophanic soils.
February 1, 2007... Introduction Sulfur deficiencies in soils have been increasingly reported in many countries worldwide including New Zealand (Nguyen and Goh 1994; Schnug et al. 1995; Scherer 2001; Edmeades et al. 2005), especially since the reduction of...

Interpretation of a single-point P buffering index for adjusting critical levels of the Colwell soil P test.(Phosphorus)
February 1, 2007... Introduction Quantity, intensity, and buffer capacity Phosphorus buffer capacity of a soil is defined as the amount of P sorbed or desorbed per unit change in solution P concentration. This parameter links the 'intensity' factor (P...

An electromagnetic induction method for monitoring variation in soil moisture in agroforestry systems.
February 1, 2007... Introduction The conversion of much of Australia's low to medium rainfall zone to agricultural production has been achieved via the removal of large areas of the native vegetation, which has led to major shifts in the functioning of these...