V., Lang, Fuchs, M., Szegi, T., Csorba, A., Micheli, E., 2016. Deriving world reference base reference soil groups from the prospective Global Soil Map product - a case study on major soil types of Africa. Geoderma 263, 226-233....
East Asia is an extensive region rich with an innumerable amount of landforms. Explore the geography of East Asia, learning about some of the major...
With the passage of time, these soils convert into other soil types. Soil type develops under the coniferous vegetation or as a result of modification through podzolization is known as “spodosols.” The parent materials constituting these types of soils are usually rich in sand. The litter of...
While globally, 30 percent of the soil is moderately or highly degraded through erosion, salinization, compaction, acidification, chemical pollution and nutrient depletion, he said the situation in Africa is worse. "In sub-Saharan Africa 83 percent of rural people depend on the land for livelihood...
Plant and Soil(2025) Factors Regulating the Potential for Freshwater Mineral Soil Wetlands to Function as Natural Climate Solutions Shizhou Ma Purbasha Mistry Irena F. Creed Wetlands(2025) The principles of natural climate solutions Peter Woods Ellis ...
gigantic occurs in tropical regions mainly in Africa and Asia [42]. Fascioliasis in livestock has always been well recognized because of the enormous economic costs incurred due to the disease [57]. It has been estimated that about 700 million production animals are at risk of infection, ...
Regarding different types of assessed crops, cereal and pulse landrace group diversity was predicted to be particularly rich in South and Central Asia; West, East and Southern Africa; the Mediterranean and West Asia; Europe; the Andean mountains; and Mesoamerica. Meanwhile, starchy root/tuber/fruit...
Soil carbon stocks are widely recognised as playing a crucial role in the atmospheric CO2 levels and hence in global climate change. This is mainly due to the significant portion of the C cycle that soil represents, with estimates in the order of 2,400 to 3,600 Pg C, corresponding to nea...
The inherent tolerance to drought, heat and poor soil fertility makes cowpea an Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is a self-pollinating crop with 4,063 Mb genome organized into seven pairs of homolo- gous chromosomes (2n = 2x = 14) (Arumuganathan and Earle 1991). Worldwide, a ...
Damage from earthquakes is related to the amount of energy released, length of the fault rupture, depth and type of fault, velocity and acceleration, distance from the fault, soil types and conditions, and type of building construction. Various methods are used to measure earthquakes. The Richter...