Sentence examples for balance of soil from inspiring English sources

Production of the high-quality fruits and vegetables demanded by the modern market requires a precise all-year balance of soil moisture, adjusted to the needs of the particular crop.

Kreher's Farm Crop Manager Josh Jurs is currently updating his 3000 organic acre cover crop program to incorporate different species to target a balance of soil health and biology and sustainability.

At sectors of rectilinear morphology in the hillslope (backslope positions), a null balance of soil translocation takes place, independent of the slope gradient and of the rate of downslope soil translocation.

Relevant inputs and outputs (i.e., soil erosion, balance of soil organic matter and nutrients, environmental impact of pesticides, labour and machinery requirements, and economic performance) of each land use activity were quantified using different quantitative methods and following the target-oriented approach.

Irrigation has several critical aspects which need to be taken care for proper balance of soil quality and crops grown in the area.

They are sensitive to changes of environment by playing an irreplaceable role in maintaining soil ecological structure, keeping the balance of soil nutrients and protecting moisture and fertilizer (Bian 2005; Wang et al. 2006; Lin et al. 2010).

During the last 50 years, the use of such compounds has altered the natural balance of the soil ecosystem, affecting soil microbial biodiversity and creating soils that are dependent on synthetic compounds (Edwards 1993) and less capable of self-managing plant pathogens (Westphal 2005).

Also the carbon balance of forest soil may improve since fertilization increases litter production, which provides input to soil carbon pool.

The numerical modelling results also suggested that the water balance of the soil cover could be affected by an increase in plant transpiration taking up this extra water retained above the soil/geotextile interface.

Here we describe how long-term chemical weathering rates can be measured for actively eroding landscapes using cosmogenic nuclides together with a geochemical mass balance of weathered soil and parent rock.

In shallow water table areas, forest vegetation can change the water-salt balance of the soil (Nosetto et al. 2007) and these effects are manifested in the lowering of the water table (Sun et al. 2000; Major 2002) and in an increase in the salt concentration of certain soil and subsoil layers (Nosetto et al. 2008).