soil improvement
1soil improvement — improving soil by the removal of stones from within, drainage and manuring …
2Soil salinity — is the salt content in the soil. [ [http://europeandcis.undp.org/WaterWiki/index.php/Soil salinity from Soil salinity in WaterWiki, the on line Knowledge and Collaboration Tool of the Community of Practice (CoP) on Water and UNDP related… …
3Soil solarization — is an environmentally friendly method of using solar power for controlling disease agents in the soil by mulching the soil, usually with a transparent polyethylene cover.It may also describe methods of decontaminating soil using sunlight or solar …
4Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock …
5soil chemistry — discipline embracing all chemical and mineralogical compounds and reactions occurring in soils and soil forming processes. The goals of soil chemistry are: (1) to establish, through chemical analysis, compositional limits of natural soil… …
6soil carbon — /ˈsɔɪl kabən/ (say soyl kahbuhn) noun carbon dioxide trapped in the soil which can be released by deforestation or increased by pasture improvement or reafforestation …
7soil amelioration — The improvement of poor soils. Includes the fungal and bacterial break down of plant organic matter, to form humus; the release of minerals such as phosphates to the soil, making them available to plants; the fixation of nitrogen. Can sometimes… …
8Land improvement — or land amelioration is making land more usable by humans. In terms of agriculture amelioration includes: *Hydrological improvement (drainage, irrigation, leaching of saline soils, landslide and flood control) *Soil improvement (fertilization,… …
9Acid sulfate soil — Acid sulfate soils are naturally occurring soils, sediments or organic substrates (e.g. peat) that are formed under waterlogged conditions. These soils contain iron sulfide minerals (predominantly as the mineral pyrite) or their oxidation… …
10International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center — Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, CIMMYT Front gates of CIMMYT in El Batán. Maize test fields seen far center. Formation 1943 [1 …
