Sentence examples for material on soil from inspiring English sources

Research examining the influence of parent material on soil and landscape development is limited in dryland environments.

The effect of this olive mill waste material on soil microbial activity was also assessed (Kotsou Maria et al. 2004; Hammed et al. 2008; Saadi et al. 2007).

Several experiments studied the impact of Bt-crop plant material on soil organisms with variable results ranging from some effects to transient effects to no effects [43, 44].

The authors started with the impact of mining or quarrying raw material on soil fauna and of the manufacture of cement, concrete, and ceramics.

The persistence of transgenic sequence mustard trypsin inhibitor-2 in soil and its hypothetical acquisition by soil microorganisms by horizontal gene transfer and the effect of transgenic plant material on soil microbial community structure and soil protease activity were investigated.

As direct measurements of the soil hydraulic properties are laborious, time-consuming and expensive, this work explores the influence of geological material on soil hydraulic properties using the Balanced Entropy Index (BEI) as a particle size distribution descriptor which was shown to be useful in the estimation of soil water retention properties.

Carbon mineralization rate can be used to quantify the impact of different organic and inorganic materials on soil functions.

Understanding the contribution of recycling of crop residues and other organic materials on soil quality is important.

Terytze et al. [64, 65] showed that the nitrification inhibition and soil microflora respiration tests are sensitive enough to indicate negative effects of construction materials on soil organisms.

Therefore a proper attention should be paid on the impacts of the use of these materials on soil health, crop quality and heavy metal toxicity and leaching.

Hence, field experiments were carried out during 2015 (dry) and 2016 (wet) cropping seasons to determine the effect of various mulch materials on soil properties, leaf nutrient composition, yield and growth of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L).