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Journal articles on the topic "Soil scientists"

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McCracken, Ralph J. "Soils, Soil Scientists, and Civilization." Soil Science Society of America Journal 51, no. 6 (November 1987): 1395–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1987.03615995005100060001x.

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Warkentin, B. P. "The return of the "other" soil scientists." Canadian Journal of Soil Science 79, no. 1 (February 1, 1999): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/s98-044.

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Soils knowledge through the ages accumulated from direct experience through contact with the soil, whether preparation of a seed bed, building roads, or founding buildings. Soil uses were tied with religious observances. Gatherers proceeding to become settled agriculturalists would have used soils knowledge to choose farming sites. The knowledge accumulated by practitioners was written down and extended to others in print during the past two millennia. This changed about 150 years ago, when research studies using the scientific method became the dominant source of soils information. By 1900 this pattern of analytical thought was set. This was fostered by, or at least coincided with, increasing application of technology to use of soils during the second third of the 20th century, and became the dominant source of soil knowledge. We are now seeing a return to the importance of the "other" soil scientists in increasing soil knowledge. There is increasing appreciation of the importance of indigenous soil knowledge; on-farm research where soil users perform their own controlled experiments is becoming an important source of information on soil management. Parallelling this change have been changes in attitude toward soil as a resource, toward conservation, and toward the appreciation of soil performing unique ecological and spiritual functions of concern to mankind. Holistic approaches to soil are again becoming mainstream. As we grapple with global problems such as soil degradation, we will see all soil scientists making contributions to soil knowledge. Key words: Soil knowledge, soil users, ecological functions
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Moore, Joe. "Alaska Soil Scientists Organize." Soil Horizons 27, no. 4 (1986): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sh1986.4.0039.

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Glocker, Carl L., and Clifford R. Hillebrandt. "Soil Scientists in Court." Soil Horizons 31, no. 4 (1990): 99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sh1990.4.0099.

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Oja, Bob. "Attention Illinois Soil Scientists." Soil Horizons 36, no. 4 (1995): 160. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sh1995.4.0160.

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Hole, Francis D. "Veteran Chinese Soil Scientist Meets with American Scientists on Tour." Soil Horizons 29, no. 3 (1988): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sh1988.3.0113.

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Sencindiver, J. C. "West Virginia Soil Scientists Meet." Soil Horizons 27, no. 1 (1986): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sh1986.1.0036.

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Simonson, Roy W. "Mid-Atlantic Soil Scientists Honor." Soil Horizons 30, no. 4 (1989): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sh1989.4.0117.

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Doe, John. "Former Texas Soil Scientists Meet." Soil Horizons 32, no. 3 (1991): 89. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sh1991.3.0089.

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Chichagov, V. P. "Geomorphology in the works of Russian soil scientists-geographers XX c. From V.V. Dokuchaev to I.P. Gerasimov." Geomorphology RAS, no. 4 (November 8, 2019): 102–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.31857/s0435-428120194102-112.

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Examples of relief studies by seven prominent Russian soil scientists, representatives of the Dokuchaev school, are presenterd. Geomorphological issues, ideas and concepts in the works of soil scientists of the XX century. showed their high professional interest in geomorphology. The beginning of the geomorphological research of Russian soil scientists was laid by the great Russian researcher V. V. Dokuchaev. Geomorphological views of V. V. Dokuchaev were ahead of the V. M. Davis' concept of the geographic cycle. Soil-geomorphological studies of S. S. Neustruev partially supplemented the concept of V. M. Davis. B. B. Polynov proved the necessity of attracting geomorphological methods and techniques when conducting soil studies, used geomorphological principles in the deduction of the three laws of the distribution of weathering crusts. I. P. Gerasimov created the theory of morphostructure and morphosculpture, introduced the idea of three macrocycles in the history of the formation of the Earth's landscapes. All the researchers cited in the article conducted detailed complex studies using geodesy methods. Scientists were able to identify a large array of new geomorphological data from the classification of microrelief to the adjustment of the main laws of geomorphology. The main feature of the scientific activity of Russian soil scientists-geomorphologists was the Dokuchaev school that gave rise to all them. It was from the Dokuchaev's principles and approaches that the mentioned scientists started and developed and passed to their students and followers. The well known Russian soil scientist and geomorphologist I. P. Gerasimov completed the century-long period of the geomorphological studies by soil scientists started by V. V. Dokuchaev.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Soil scientists"

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Habermann, Birgit. "Ways of knowing of farmers and scientists : tree and soil management in the Ethiopian Highlands." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/49648/.

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The Ethiopian Highlands have been studied extensively, hosting a large amount of research for development projects in agriculture and forestry over several decades. The encounters in these projects were also encounters of different ways of knowing that were negotiated by the actors meeting in the space provided by the projects. This research explores these encounters and the social worlds they are embedded in, drawing on actor-oriented approaches as well as theories of narratives and framing. Ways of knowing and citizen epistemologies are taken as a lens to understand the role of identities in knowledge production and use. The two case studies were agroforestry research projects in the Ethiopian Highlands. The research followed a range of qualitative and ethnographic research methods. Different types of farmers and scientists meet in the case studies. I recognise that they all have individual agency, nevertheless I use the terms ‘scientist' and ‘farmer' in this thesis. I use the terms to describe certain groups of actors who all draw on different ways of knowing, and different value systems, when interacting with each other and their environment. The results indicate that the importance of social worlds at different scales and the contexts of research projects tend to be underestimated. In spite of good intentions scientific methodologies, terminologies and narratives tend to dominate. Scientists in the case studies acknowledged the existence of farmers' ‘indigenous' knowledge, but they determined the value of knowledge by its scientific applicability and the replicability of experiments. Research systems force the scientists into a certain modus operandi with limited possibilities to experiment and to respond to the complexities and diversities of people's social worlds. Farmers in the case studies preferred observation from their parents, observing from others or the environment as a way of learning and gaining knowledge. Depending on their personalities and their life histories they also relied on alternative ways of knowing rooted in spirituality, emotions and memories. Powerful influences on ways of knowing resulted from the way languages and authority had been used. These often led to the exclusion of marginalised community members from access to knowledge and technologies. Unfortunately, common narratives prevailed in the case studies, and alternative ways of knowing were often marginalised. By acknowledging different ways of knowing and the importance of different social worlds and different ways of doing research, both scientists and farmers could benefit and develop more sustainable pathways for agricultural and forestry land use.
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Vickers, Vikki J. ""My pen and my soul have ever gone together" : Thomas Paine and the American Revolution /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3060151.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002.
There are two leafs 90 with different information so paging after leaf 90 is misnumbered. Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 235-247). Also available on the Internet.
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Foster, Kylie Anne. "Science communication in Australian agriculture : a study of communication between scientists and farmers on the issue of salinity in Harden, New South Wales." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148221.

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Garlynd, M. Jason. "Farmer- and scientist-based soil quality indicators methodology development and comparison of paired sites /." 1996. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/36297769.html.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996.
Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-167).
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Books on the topic "Soil scientists"

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A, Thompson J., ed. Math for soil scientists. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson/Delmar Learning, 2006.

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Rashid, A. National directory of soil scientists. [Islamabad]: Soil Science Society of Pakistan, 1994.

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M, Dyer Paul, ed. The living land. North Billerica, MA: Curriculum Associates, 1998.

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Tindall, James A. Unsaturated zone hydrology for scientists and engineers. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall, 1999.

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Glazovskiĭ, N. F. Pochvy, biogeokhimicheskie t︠s︡ikly i biosfera: Razvitie ideĭ Viktora Abramovicha Kovdy : k 100-letii︠u︡ so dni︠a︡ rozhdenii︠a︡. Moskva: T-vo nauch. izdaniĭ KMK, 2004.

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Sokolova, T. A. Alekseĭ Andreevich Rode: Chelovek, uchenyĭ, boret︠s︡, 1896-1979. Moskva: Grif i Ko, 2011.

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Terrains de recherche: Chroniques du quotidien d'un scientifique : brousse africaine, tanety malgache et sertão brésilien : 1967-2001. Paris: L'Harmattan, 2010.

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P, Firsova V., and I͡A︡nshin Aleksandr Leonidovich 1911-, eds. Akademik I.P. Gerasimov kak pochvoved. Moskva: "Nauka", 1991.

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Recherche scientifique en terre africaine: Une vie, une aventure. Paris: Harmattan, 2011.

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Soils and Quaternary geology: A handbook for field scientists. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986.

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Book chapters on the topic "Soil scientists"

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Kellogg, Charles E. "Education of Soil Scientists and Crop Scientists." In Challenge to Agronomy for the Future, 29–32. Madison, WI, USA: American Society of Agronomy, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/asaspecpub10.c3.

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Gupta, Gargi, Jyoti Singh, Prem Chandra Pandey, Vandana Tomar, Meenu Rani, and Pavan Kumar. "Geospatial Strategy for Estimation of Soil Organic Carbon in Tropical Wildlife Reserve." In Society of Earth Scientists Series, 69–83. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05906-8_5.

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De Paepe, P., and G. Stoops. "A classification of tephra in volcanic soils. A tool for soil scientists." In Soils of Volcanic Regions in Europe, 119–25. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48711-1_12.

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Cheng, H. H. "Association of Chinese Soil and Plant Scientists in North America." In The International Dimension of the American Society of Agronomy: Past and Future, 27–28. Madison, WI, USA: American Society of Agronomy, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/2010.internationaldimension.c4.

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Reddy, K. R., W. F. DeBusk, and M. E. Collins. "Role of Soil Scientists in Wetland Research and Resource Management." In SSSA Special Publications, 95–112. Madison, WI, USA: Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaspecpub45.c8.

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Dent, J. B., M. J. McGregor, and G. Edwards-Jones. "The Interaction between Soil and Social Scientists in Rural Land Use Planning." In SSSA Special Publications, 113–22. Madison, WI, USA: Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaspecpub45.c9.

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Bouma, J., and M. R. Hoosbeek. "The Contribution and Importance of Soil Scientists in Interdisciplinary Studies Dealing with Land." In SSSA Special Publications, 1–15. Madison, WI, USA: Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaspecpub45.c1.

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Patzel, Nikola. "The Soil Scientist’s Hidden Beloved: Archetypal Images and Emotions in the Scientist’s Relationship with Soil." In Soil and Culture, 205–26. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2960-7_13.

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Ramakrishna, Kilaparti, and Eric A. Davidson. "Intergovernmental Negotiations on Criteria and Indicators for the Management, Conservation, and Sustainable Development of Forests: What Role for Soil Scientists?" In SSSA Special Publications, 1–15. Madison, WI, USA: Soil Science Society of America, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaspecpub53.c1.

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Hirota, Tomoyoshi, and Kazuhiko Kobayashi. "The Roles of Farmers, Scientists, and Extension Staff in Technology Development for Soil Frost Control as an Adaptation to Climate Change in Tokachi, Hokkaido, Japan." In Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture, 211–28. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9235-1_14.

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Conference papers on the topic "Soil scientists"

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Grishakina, E. A., V. Yu Makovchuk, A. A. Dmitrovskii, E. M. Sorokin, A. V. Uvarova, and E. N. Slyuta. "Martian Soil Imitator for Spacecraft Landing Experiments." In XVI Young Scientists Conference “Fundamental and Applied Space Researches”. Space Research Institute, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.21046/kmu-2019-19-23.

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Popova, Elena. "Accumulation of heavy metals in the “soil-plant” system." In PROSPECTS OF FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES DEVELOPMENT (PFSD-2016): Proceedings of the XIII International Conference of Students and Young Scientists. Author(s), 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4964576.

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M.S., Sivtsev. "On the condition of the soil foundations of buildings built in 202 microdistrict Yakutsk." In XX Anniversary All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists, Postgraduates and Students. Technical Institute (BRANCH) of NEFU, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18411/s-2019-30.

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Vinokurova, T. A., and P. P. Permyakov. "Determination of heat flux density on the surface of frozen soil from solving the inverse problem." In XX Anniversary All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists, Postgraduates and Students. Technical Institute (BRANCH) of NEFU, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18411/s-2019-87.

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Yakovlev, Grigorii, Maxim Cherepnev, Petr Nagorskiy, and Valentina Yakovleva. "Investigation of features in radon soil dynamics and search for influencing factors." In IV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS, POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS AND STUDENTS: Isotopes: Technologies, Materials and Application (ITMA-2017). Author(s), 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5027221.

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Novikov, N. N., S. V. Mitrofanov, N. N. Grachev, M. M. Varfolomeeva, and M. E. Denisova. "PROBLEMS OF AGROECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF LAND PLOTS FOR THEIR SUITABILITY FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION AND DETOXIFICATION OF SOILS CONTAMINATED WITH PESTICIDES AND HEAVY METALS." In STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF AGRIBUSINESS Volume 2. DSTU-Print, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.23947/interagro.2020.2.547-550.

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Based on the analysis of statistical yearbooks "state of contamination of soils and objects of the natural environment of the Russian Federation with pesticides and toxicants of industrial origin", analysis of the incidence of workers and the population from exposure to residual pesticides and heavy metals, the need to assess soil contamination for organic farming purposes in accordance with the requirements of article 9 of the Federal law of 03.08.2018 No. 280-FZ "on organic products and amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation"is justified. For evaluation, a digital technology is proposed in the management of environmental safety and labor protection in agriculture, developed by scientists of the ITOSH-branch of the FGBNU FNAC VIM. It is proposed to solve the problems of detoxification of soils contaminated with heavy metals and residual pesticides identified during the assessment using the available domestic and foreign experience by various methods: physical, physical-chemical, and biological.
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Popova, N. I. "The experience of using biological products for cleaning soil from oil in the territory Amga oil depot." In XX Anniversary All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists, Postgraduates and Students. Technical Institute (BRANCH) of NEFU, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18411/s-2019-76.

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Norboeva, U. T. "SOIL SALINITY AND SALINE TOLERANCE OF THE SORTS OF COTTON." In The All-Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation and Schools of Young Scientists "Mechanisms of resistance of plants and microorganisms to unfavorable environmental". SIPPB SB RAS, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31255/978-5-94797-319-8-567-570.

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Bazarova, A. S., and A. V. Bazarov. "THE INITIAL CALCULATION OF PARAMETERS OF THE IDEALIZED TEMPERATURE FIELD IN THE SOIL AT THE RADIOPHYSICAL DEPARTMENT HURUMSHA." In XV conference on fundamental and applied problems of physics (young scientists, postgraduates and students). Buryat Scientific Center of SB RAS Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31554/978-5-7925-0544-5-2018-36-41.

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Curcubat, Stela, and Tatiana Nagacevschi. "Moştenire de LA V. V. Dokuceaev." In Starea actuală a componentelor de mediu. Institute of Ecology and Geography, Republic of Moldova, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.53380/9789975315593.12.

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The progress of knowledge about soils in the world and at the national level has established that soil is an organically-mineral body, self-contained, possessing a characteristic specific to its own - fertility. The Russian soil scientist V.V. Dokuceaev writes (1900) that the soils of Bessarabia are particularly fertile, showing a collection of soil samples collected by the scientist during his expedition (1898), a collection that is located at the Museum of Natural Sciences of the State University of Moldova. The quality of soils, during their evolution and being used in agriculture, has suffered a significant degradation.
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Reports on the topic "Soil scientists"

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Castellano, Mike J., Abraham G. Shaviv, Raphael Linker, and Matt Liebman. Improving nitrogen availability indicators by emphasizing correlations between gross nitrogen mineralization and the quality and quantity of labile soil organic matter fractions. United States Department of Agriculture, January 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2012.7597926.bard.

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A major goal in Israeli and U.S. agroecosystems is to maximize nitrogen availability to crops while minimizing nitrogen losses to air and water resources. This goal has presented a significant challenge to global agronomists and scientists because crops require large inputs of nitrogen (N) fertilizer to maximize yield, but N fertilizers are easily lost to surrounding ecosystems where they contribute to water pollution and greenhouse gas concentrations. Determination of the optimum N fertilizer input is complex because the amount of N produced from soil organic matter varies with time, space and management. Indicators of soil N availability may help to guide requirements for N fertilizer inputs and are increasingly viewed as indicators of soil health To address these challenges and improve N availability indicators, project 4550 “Improving nitrogen availability indicators by emphasizing correlations between gross nitrogen mineralization and the quality and quantity of labile organic matter fractions” addressed the following objectives: Link the quantity and quality of labile soil organic matter fractions to indicators of soil fertility and environmental quality including: i) laboratory potential net N mineralization ii) in situ gross N mineralization iii) in situ N accumulation on ion exchange resins iv) crop uptake of N from mineralized soil organic matter sources (non-fertilizer N), and v) soil nitrate pool size. Evaluate and compare the potential for hot water extractable organic matter (HWEOM) and particulate organic matter quantity and quality to characterize soil N dynamics in biophysically variable Israeli and U.S. agroecosystems that are managed with different N fertility sources. Ultimately, we sought to determine if nitrogen availability indicators are the same for i) gross vs. potential net N mineralization processes, ii) diverse agroecosystems (Israel vs. US) and, iii) management strategies (organic vs. inorganic N fertility sources). Nitrogen availability indicators significantly differed for gross vs. potential N mineralization processes. These results highlight that different mechanisms control each process. Although most research on N availability indicators focuses on potential net N mineralization, new research highlights that gross N mineralization may better reflect plant N availability. Results from this project identify the use of ion exchange resin (IERs) beads as a potential technical advance to improve N mineralization assays and predictors of N availability. The IERs mimic the rhizosphere by protecting mineralized N from loss and immobilization. As a result, the IERs may save time and money by providing a measurement of N mineralization that is more similar to the costly and time consuming measurement of gross N mineralization. In further search of more accurate and cost-effective predictors of N dynamics, Excitation- Emission Matrix (EEM) spectroscopy analysis of HWEOM solution has the potential to provide reliable indicators for changes in HWEOM over time. These results demonstrated that conventional methods of labile soil organic matter quantity (HWEOM) coupled with new analyses (EEM) may be used to obtain more detailed information about N dynamics. Across Israeli and US soils with organic and inorganic based N fertility sources, multiple linear regression models were developed to predict gross and potential N mineralization. The use of N availability indicators is increasing as they are incorporated into soil health assessments and agroecosystem models that guide N inputs. Results from this project suggest that some soil variables can universally predict these important ecosystem process across diverse soils, climate and agronomic management. BARD Report - Project4550 Page 2 of 249
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Davis, Eric L., Yuji Oka, Amit Gal-On, Todd Wehner, and Aaron Zelcer. Broad-spectrum Resistance to Root-Knot Nematodes in Transgenic Cucurbits. United States Department of Agriculture, June 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2013.7593389.bard.

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Root-knot nematodes (RKN), Meloidogyne spp., are extremely destructive pathogens of cucurbit crops grown in the United States and Israel. The safety and environmental concerns of toxic nematicides, and limited sources of natural cucurbit resistance to the four major species of Meloidogyne that threaten these crops in Israel and the U.S., have emphasized the use of biotechnology to develop cucurbits with novel RKN resistance. The U.S. scientists have identified over 40 unique RKN parasitism genes that encode nematode secretions involved in successful plant root infection by RKN, and they have demonstrated that expression of a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) complementary to a RKN parasitism gene (called 16DIO) in Arabidopsis thaliana induced RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated silencing of the RKN16DlO gene and produced transgenic plants with strong resistance to all four major RKN species. The expression 8D05 parasitism gene was found to coincide with the timing of upregulation of NtCel7 promoter (identified to be upregulated in giantcells by US scientists). NtCel7 promoter was used to express the genes at the right time (early stages of infection) and in the right place (giant-cells) in transgenic plants. US partners produced NtCel7 (nematode-induced promoter)-driven 16DlO-RNAi and 8DOS-RNAi constructs, pHANNIBAL 4D03-RNAi construct and modified 16DlO-RNAi construct (for increased RNAi expression and efficacy) for cucurbit transformation in Israel. In Arabidopsis, some 16DlO-RNAi plant lines show greater levels of resistance to M. incognita than others, and within these lines resistance of greater than 90% reduction in infection is observed among almost all replicates in US. The level of observed nematode resistance is likely to be directly correlated with the level of RNAi expression in individual plants. In Israel, all the RKN parasitism genes-RNAi constructs were successfully transformed into cucumber and melon. The transgenic lines were evaluated for expression of the transgene siRNA in leaves and roots. Those displaying transgene siRNA accumulation were passed on for nematode resistance analysis. Rl seedlings from different lines were subjected to evaluation for resistance to M. javanica. None of the lines was resistant to the nematode in contrast with US partner's results in Arabidopsis. This could be for the following reasons: a) The level of transgene siRNA was insufficient in cucumber and tomato to cause resislance. b) 111e nemalode species on cucwnber IIlay be different ur act in a different manner. c) The assay was performed in soil with a high level of nematode inoculation, and not in petri dish, which may not permit the observation of a low level of resistance.
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Murray, Chris, Keith Williams, Norrie Millar, Monty Nero, Amy O'Brien, and Damon Herd. A New Palingenesis. University of Dundee, November 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001273.

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Robert Duncan Milne (1844-99), from Cupar, Fife, was a pioneering author of science fiction stories, most of which appeared in San Francisco’s Argonaut magazine in the 1880s and ’90s. SF historian Sam Moskowitz credits Milne with being the first full-time SF writer, and his contribution to the genre is arguably greater than anyone else including Stevenson and Conan Doyle, yet it has all but disappeared into oblivion. Milne was fascinated by science. He drew on the work of Scottish physicists and inventors such as James Clark Maxwell and Alexander Graham Bell into the possibilities of electromagnetic forces and new communications media to overcome distances in space and time. Milne wrote about visual time-travelling long before H.G. Wells. He foresaw virtual ‘tele-presencing’, remote surveillance, mobile phones and worldwide satellite communications – not to mention climate change, scientific terrorism and drone warfare, cryogenics and molecular reengineering. Milne also wrote on alien life forms, artificial immortality, identity theft and personality exchange, lost worlds and the rediscovery of extinct species. ‘A New Palingenesis’, originally published in The Argonaut on July 7th 1883, and adapted in this comic, is a secular version of the resurrection myth. Mary Shelley was the first scientiser of the occult to rework the supernatural idea of reanimating the dead through the mysterious powers of electricity in Frankenstein (1818). In Milne’s story, in which Doctor S- dissolves his terminally ill wife’s body in order to bring her back to life in restored health, is a striking, further modernisation of Frankenstein, to reflect late-nineteenth century interest in electromagnetic science and spiritualism. In particular, it is a retelling of Shelley’s narrative strand about Frankenstein’s aborted attempt to shape a female mate for his creature, but also his misogynistic ambition to bypass the sexual principle in reproducing life altogether. By doing so, Milne interfused Shelley’s updating of the Promethean myth with others. ‘A New Palingenesis’ is also a version of Pygmalion and his male-ordered, wish-fulfilling desire to animate his idealised female sculpture, Galatea from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, perhaps giving a positive twist to Orpheus’s attempt to bring his corpse-bride Eurydice back from the underworld as well? With its basis in spiritualist ideas about the soul as a kind of electrical intelligence, detachable from the body but a material entity nonetheless, Doctor S- treats his wife as an ‘intelligent battery’. He is thus able to preserve her personality after death and renew her body simultaneously because that captured electrical intelligence also carries a DNA-like code for rebuilding the individual organism itself from its chemical constituents. The descriptions of the experiment and the body’s gradual re-materialisation are among Milne’s most visually impressive, anticipating the X-raylike anatomisation and reversal of Griffin’s disappearance process in Wells’s The Invisible Man (1897). In the context of the 1880s, it must have been a compelling scientisation of the paranormal, combining highly technical descriptions of the Doctor’s system of electrically linked glass coffins with ghostly imagery. It is both dramatic and highly visual, even cinematic in its descriptions, and is here brought to life in the form of a comic.
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