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Sullivan, Thomas P., and Druscilla S. Sullivan. "Responses of red-backed voles (Myodes gapperi) to windrows of woody debris along forest–clearcut edges." Wildlife Research 41, no. 3 (2014): 212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr14050.
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Context Southern red-backed voles (Myodes gapperi) disappear from clearcuts within the first year or two after harvest, at least in studies in coniferous and mixed forests of western North America. Post-harvest woody debris arranged in large piles and windrows supports populations of M. gapperi on clearcuts and may extend their persistence there. Aims To test the hypotheses (H) that for M. gapperi, (H1) population parameters of abundance, reproduction, and survival would be higher in windrow–forest than isolated windrow sites, and higher or similar to those in interior old forest sites; (H2) connectivity provided by windrow-forest structures will mitigate potential negative effects of clearcuts and abundance of M. gapperi will remain similar at the abrupt edge between forest and new clearcuts; and (H3) connectivity provided by windrow–forest structures will allow increased movements between both habitats. Methods Study areas were located in three forest ecological zones in southern British Columbia, Canada. Populations of M. gapperi were sampled from 2010 to 2012 in three types of habitats on new clearcuts: isolated windrows of woody debris, windrows attached to uncut old forest, and in uncut old forest. Key results Higher mean values of abundance and number of juvenile recruits of M. gapperi in the isolated windrow and windrow–forest sites than forest sites was contrary to our prediction for H1. In support of H2, we could not detect any differences in the mean number of captures among forest, edge and windrow sections of the windrow–forest sites, nor in the mean range length among the three habitat types. For H3, connectivity provided by windrow–forest structures may mitigate potential negative effects on abundance for M. gapperi at the abrupt edge between forest and new clearcuts. Conclusions and Implications Voles did not commonly move between the forest and windrow habitats, but did move readily within forest and within windrows. Substantial movement by M. gapperi within windrows suggested that this microtine will move along windrows and potentially use these paths of connectivity to cross clearcuts. If the prey base is present, windrow connectivity may enhance these open areas for small mustelids and other carnivores and help maintain abundance and diversity of some forest mammals on clearcuts.
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Wright, F. S., and D. M. Porter. "Shaded Windrow Curing for Peanuts in Virginia1." Peanut Science 24, no. 2 (1997): 78–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3146/i0095-3679-24-2-3.
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Abstract At digging, peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) plants were placed in shaded and conventional (inverted) windrows to determine if peanut quality could be improved. Florigiant and NC 6 cultivars were dug and placed in the two windrow types on days when freezing temperatures or frost were predicted. All peanuts were dug with a conventional digger-inverter. The shaded windrows were hand formed by placing a layer of peanuts on the inverted windrow so that the peanuts were protected from direct exposure to the sky. The peanut temperature in the conventional windrow reached the lowest temperature in the nighttime and highest temperature in the daytime and fluctuated from the lowest to highest level compared to the shaded windrow and the ambient temperature. Peanut temperatures in the conventional and shaded windrows were approximately 0C or below for a short duration during the windrow curing period. The average “maximum” peanut temperature from 12 to 5 p.m. was 3.7C higher for the conventional than the shaded windrows for all tests. From 2 to 7 a.m., the average “minimum” peanut temperature was 1.1C lower for the conventional than the shaded windrow. The peanut moisture content in the shaded windrow averaged 7.3% higher at combining than peanuts in the conventional windrow. In a test where the ambient temperature dropped below freezing for two nights following digging, the alcohol headspace meter readings were above the rejection level for freeze damage in the conventional windrow. The shaded windrow provided minimal freeze protection over the conventional windrow and shading is not recommended in the Virginia-Carolina production area.
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Zemánek, P. "Influence of windrow composition on composting by a windrow turner." Horticultural Science 29, No. 4 (2012): 161–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/4480-hortsci.
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A PKS 2,8 tractor-drawn compost windrow turner was used on three different types of compost windrows. The consistence 810, 654 and 354 kg/m<sup>3</sup> and the change of profile sizes in given sections were monitored inclusive of the course on band-shaped windrows. The windrow turner operational speed and turning course were also observed. On the basis of the measured values, the windrow turner real performance was determined for each windrow that reached the values of 71&ndash;197 m<sup>3</sup>/h.
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Majbar, Z., K. Lahlou, M. Ben Abbou, et al. "Co-composting of Olive Mill Waste and Wine-Processing Waste: An Application of Compost as Soil Amendment." Journal of Chemistry 2018 (September 23, 2018): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7918583.
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In order to decrease the environmental harm produced by the agro industries’ wastes’, an investigation of the co-composting of olive mill waste (olive mill wastewater (OMW), olive mill sludge (OMS)) and wine by-products (grape marc and winery wastewater) was done. Three aerated windrows of variable compositions were performed; these windrows differ in terms of their initial composition and the liquid used for their humidification; OMW and wastewater winery were used for humidification to replace water for windrow moistening. Moreover, the main physicochemical parameters (temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, and C/N) were monitored to evaluate the co-composting process. The latter lasted around three months. The elaborated composts were characterized by low C/N ratio, and they were rich in fertilizing and nutriment elements and of low heavy metal contents. The humidification of the windrows with OMW showed effectiveness in improving the windrows temperature, reflected by the high temperatures monitored during the composting process in comparison with the windrow humidified with winery wastewater. Furthermore, a longer thermophilic phase was held in windrows carrying OMS. The valorization of the produced composts for soil amendment significantly improved the soil fertility. Indeed, field experiments showed an increase in radish yield by 10%, the composts were harmless and did not have any phytotoxic effect on radish growth.
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Castillo-Ruiz, Francisco J., Jose T. Colmenero-Martinez, Sergio Bayano-Tejero, Emilio J. Gonzalez-Sanchez, Francisco M. Lara, and Gregorio L. Blanco-Roldán. "Methodology for Olive Pruning Windrow Assessment Using 3D Time-of-Flight Camera." Agronomy 11, no. 6 (2021): 1209. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11061209.
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The management of olive pruning residue has shifted from burning to shredding, laying residues on soil, or harvesting residues for use as a derivative. The objective of this research is to develop, test, and validate a methodology to measure the dimensions, outline, and bulk volume of pruning residue windrows in olive orchards using both a manual and a 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera. Trees were pruned using trunk shaker targeted pruning, from which two different branch sizes were selected to build two separate windrow treatments with the same pruning residue dose. Four windrows were built for each treatment, and four sampling points were selected along each windrow to take measurements using both manual and 3D ToF measurements. Windrow section outline could be defined using a polynomial or a triangular function, although manual measurement required processing with a polynomial function, especially for high windrow volumes. Different branch sizes provided to be significant differences for polynomial function coefficients, while no significant differences were found for windrow width. Bigger branches provided less bulk volume, which implied that these branches formed less porous windrows that smaller ones. Finally, manual and 3D ToF camera measurements were validated, giving an adequate performance for olive pruning residue windrow in-field assessment.
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Zippel, Seth F., Ted Maksym, Malcolm Scully, Peter Sutherland, and Dany Dumont. "Measurements of Enhanced Near-Surface Turbulence under Windrows." Journal of Physical Oceanography 50, no. 1 (2020): 197–215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-18-0265.1.
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AbstractObservations of waves, winds, turbulence, and the geometry and circulation of windrows were made in a shallow bay in the winter of 2018 outside of Rimouski, Québec. Water velocities measured from a forward-looking pulse-coherent ADCP mounted on a small zodiac show spanwise (cross-windrow) convergence, streamwise (downwind) velocity enhancement, and downwelling in the windrows, consistent with the view that windrows are the result of counterrotating pairs of wind-aligned vortices. The spacing of windrows, measured with acoustic backscatter and with surface imagery, was measured to be approximately twice the water depth, which suggests an aspect ratio of 1. The magnitude and vertical distribution of turbulence measured from the ADCP are consistent with a previous scaling and observations of near-surface turbulence under breaking waves, with dissipation rates larger and decaying faster vertically than what is expected from a shear-driven boundary layer. Measurements of dissipation rate are partitioned to within, and outside of the windrow convergence zones, and measurements inside the convergence zones are found to be nearly an order of magnitude larger than those outside with similar vertical structure. A ratio of time scales suggests that turbulence likely dissipates before it can be advected horizontally into convergences, but the advection of wave energy into convergences may elevate the surface flux of TKE and could explain the elevated turbulence in the windrows. These results add to a limited number of conflicting observations of turbulence variability due to windrows, which may modify gas flux, and heat and momentum transport in the surface boundary layer.
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Bonifacio, Henry F., C. Alan Rotz, and Tom L. Richard. "A Process-Based Model for Cattle Manure Compost Windrows: Part 1. Model Description." Transactions of the ASABE 60, no. 3 (2017): 877–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/trans.12057.
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Abstract. Composting is an alternative management practice for handling and storing manure in intensive cattle production systems. With composting, cattle manure is converted into a soil amendment with improved nutrient and physical properties and is easier to handle. Despite its benefits, composting can produce large amounts of gaseous carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) emissions that include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and ammonia (NH3). A process-based model for cattle manure compost windrows was developed and incorporated into the Integrated Farm System Model (IFSM, v. 4.3), a whole-farm simulation model of crop, dairy, and beef production systems. Designed to simulate the different processes that influence C and N balances in windrows, the compost windrow model predicts changes in C (organic C, microbial C) and N (organic N, microbial N, ammonium (NH4+-N), nitrate (NO3--N)) contents in the windrow; CO2, CH4, N2O, and NH3 emissions throughout composting; and corresponding C and N losses. To increase its accuracy in simulating the different processes occurring during composting, the compost windrow model was also designed to predict environmental conditions within windrows, which include moisture content, temperature, and oxygen availability, and changes in windrow material physical properties, such as bulk and particle densities. Modeling routines and relationships of the compost windrow model are described. Evaluation of its performance in predicting windrow environmental conditions, physical and chemical properties, and gaseous emissions is documented in an accompanying article. Keywords: Cattle manure, Composting, Emissions, IFSM, Process-based modeling..
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Ermolaev, Evgheni, Mikael Pell, Sven Smårs, Cecilia Sundberg, and Håkan Jönsson. "Greenhouse gas emission from covered windrow composting with controlled ventilation." Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy 30, no. 2 (2011): 155–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242x11426171.
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Data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from full-scale composting of municipal solid waste, investigating the effects of process temperature and aeration combinations, is scarce. Oxygen availability affects the composition of gases emitted during composting. In the present study, two experiments with three covered windrows were set up, treating a mixture of source separated biodegradable municipal solid waste (MSW) fractions from Uppsala, Sweden, and structural amendment (woodchips, garden waste and re-used compost) in the volume proportion 1:2. The effects of different aeration and temperature settings on the emission of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) during windrow composting with forced aeration following three different control schemes were studied. For one windrow, the controller was set to keep the temperature below 40 °C until the pH increased, another windrow had minimal aeration at the beginning of the process and the third one had constant aeration. In the first experiment, CH4 concentrations (CH4:CO2 ratio) increased, from around 0.1% initially to between 1 and 2% in all windrows. In the second experiment, the initial concentrations of CH4 displayed similar patterns of increase between windrows until day 12, when concentration peaked at 3 and 6%, respectively, in two of the windrows. In general, the N2O fluxes remained low (0.46 ± 0.02 ppm) in the experiments and were two to three times the ambient concentrations. In conclusion, the emissions of CH4 and N2O were low regardless of the amount of ventilation. The data indicates a need to perform longer experiments in order to observe further emission dynamics.
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Vavříček, D., P. Šimková, P. Samec, and P. Formánek. "Soil aspects of forest site revitalization after windrow cultivation by heavy mechanization on theKrušnéhoryMts.Plateau." Journal of Forest Science 52, No. 1 (2012): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/4481-jfs.
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The reflection of soil properties in the health condition of forest stands is connected with synergy of stressors that influence the forest existence. In the Kru&scaron;n&eacute; hory Mts. (Czech Republic, Europe) methods of full-area site mechanized preparation before reforestation were applied on existing ecotopes of the air polluted clear-cut area and the uniform relief of windrows was established. The hypothesis whether the soil in the windrows could be directly used for local cultivations as a substrate suitable for forest tree species growth was examined. The influence of three machines (digger, bulldozer and cultivator) used for the windrow cultivation was monitored in relation to soil properties. The state of the properties of prepared sites was compared with retained windrows and control plots with scarification. The effects of mechanized soil preparation before reforestation were different according to the concrete ecological factors of the given sites. The influences of individual means of mechanization on concrete soil properties were determined as locally differentiated. The windrow cultivation led to an increase in cation exchange capacity (CEC) especially due to an increase in Ca<sup>2+</sup> and Mg<sup>2+</sup> content. Locally it led to the stabilization of N-NH<sub>4</sub>&nbsp;content. The optimization of soil physical properties was connected with the state of C<sub>ox</sub>. The mechanized windrow cultivation did not optimize either C/N ratio or maximum capillary capacity (&Theta;<sub>MCC</sub>) or porosity (p). The mechanized windrow cultivation in the conditions of decreased air pollution load generally appears as a good technology for revitalization of degraded sites because it provided more optimal trophic conditions for the forest tree species growth than windrows or sites with completed scarification.
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Kuzmych, A. Ya, M. M. Aneliak, and O. M. Hrytsaka. "Research of the windrow formation process of the non-grain part of the corn and sunflower crop during harvesting for energy purposes." Mehanization and electrification of agricultural, no. 12 (2020): 51–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.37204/0131-2189-2020-12-6.
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Annotation Purpose. Improving the harvesting efficiency of the non-grain part of the corn and sunflower crops for energy purposes by substantiation of technical means for the forming the windrows with increased linear mass. Methods. Analysis of technological processes of harvesting the non-grain part of the crop (NGP) of corn and sunflower, mathematical modeling of material distribution and the windrow formation of the non-grain part of the crop. Results. The analysis of harvesting technological processes of corn and sunflower NGP is carried out. The way of harvesting of the NGP which has passed through a combine thresher into the trailed hopper with the increased running weight windrow formation on the field edge is proved. The dependences of the sheer force of the crushed layer of the NGP by the vertical wall of the combine harvester's trailed hopper are obtained analytically. Numerical simulation of material distribution and windrow formation of the NGP was performed. The constructional-technological scheme and parameters of the trailed hopper-windrower of the combine harvester are substantiated. Conclusions. The efficiency of harvesting the NGP of corn and sunflower for energy purposes can be improved by collecting the crushed mass passing through the combine thresher into a trailed hopper and forming the windrows with increased linear mass at the edge of the field for drying out and subsequent lifting by serial balers. The structural and technological scheme of a trailed hopper-windrower for a combine with a folding conveyor has been developed based on the results of simulation the processes of moving the stalk masses of the NGP of corn and sunflower. It was found that, the windrow formation process proceeds stably when the height of the crushed material of the NGP of corn and sunflower in the hopper chamber is within 2.0–2.2 m, with the angle of inclination of the discarding conveyor to the vertical within 8–15 deg and the speed it movement within 3–4 m/s. Keywords: non-grain part of the crop of corn and sunflower, harvesting of non-grain part of the crop, windrow formation.
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Bachelart, Julie, Cécile Hort, Vincent Platel, and Laurent Moynault. "Modelling Sewage Sludge Composting in WWTP: Influence of Meteorological Conditions." International Journal of Environmental Science and Development 11, no. 12 (2020): 535–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/ijesd.2020.11.12.1304.
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This work presents the 2D modelling of a fermenting step during composting of a sewage sludge/bark mixture at the Aureilhan (France) WWTP. For this study the temporal evolution of the temperature has been studied because it is the composting key parameter, especially for achieving the compost sanitization. Thus, the modelling results have been compared with experimental results. Fermenting windrows are being subject to weather conditions, we took into account the temperature and humidity of the outside air in the model as boundary conditions. Results indicated that the model is consistent with windrow A but differed from the experimental results for windrow B. The weather conditions had a strong impact on the temperature profile during fermentation, especially the maximum temperature. Indeed, the maximum temperatures did not exceed 35°C for windrow A (winter) while they were around 50°C for windrow B (summer). On the other hand, the temperature rise in the windrows was faster for the experimental measurements than for the modelled results. Finally, the experimental and modelling results showed that the warmest temperatures were towards the center of the windrow. This trend is consistent with the suction aeration system.
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., Ahmad. "EFFICIENT AND ECO-FRIENDLY MANAGEMENT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLID WASTE USING WINDROW COMPOSTING TECHNIQUE AND EFFECT OF SEWAGE AS ADDITIVE ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPOSTS." Journal of Wastes and Biomass Management 4, no. 1 (2022): 26–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.26480/jwbm.01.2022.26.31.
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Solid waste management is a crucial issue in developing countries due to large amounts of waste being generated from different sources. Aerobic windrow composting of various wastes was carried out to create compost from various wastes for use as a nutritious soil fertilizer and to optimize waste material by employing sewage as an addition to minimize composting time and improve soil nutritional value. Four composting windrows were formed with three different types of wastes i.e. first windrow was animal waste + garden waste treated by sewage water, second windrow was food waste + garden waste treated by sewage water, third windrow was mixture of wastes treated by sewage water, and the last windrow was also mixture of wastes but treated by tap water. The compost of mixture of wastes treated by sewage water was found better than the other three windrows as having pH 8.69, Organic Content 59.25%, Moisture Content 28.09%, Carbon 27.85%, Nitrogen 0.66%, C/N ratio 42.2, Phosphorous 1.4% and Potassium 0.84%. If composting of mixture of wastes like animal waste, food waste and garden waste treated with sewage water is carried out, then it will give better results and also reduce the composting period by 30%.
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Norsworthy, Jason K., Jeremy K. Green, Tom Barber, Trent L. Roberts, and Michael J. Walsh. "Seed destruction of weeds in southern US crops using heat and narrow-windrow burning." Weed Technology 34, no. 4 (2020): 589–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/wet.2020.36.
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AbstractNarrow-windrow burning has been a successful form of harvest weed seed control in Australian cropping systems, but little is known about the efficacy of narrow-windrow burning on weed seeds infesting U.S. cropping systems. An experiment was conducted using a high-fire kiln that exposed various grass and broadleaf weed seeds to temperatures of 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 C for 20, 40, 60, and 80 s to determine the temperature and time needed to kill weed seeds. Weeds evaluated included Italian ryegrass, barnyardgrass, johnsongrass, sicklepod, Palmer amaranth, prickly sida, velvetleaf, pitted morningglory, and hemp sesbania. Two field experiments were also conducted over consecutive growing seasons, with the first experiment aimed at determining the amount of heat produced during burning of narrow windrows of soybean harvest residues (chaff and straw) and the effect of this heat on weed seed mortality. The second field experiment aimed to determine the effect of wind speed on the duration and intensity of burning narrow windrows of soybean harvest residues. Following exposure to the highest temperature and longest duration in the kiln, only sicklepod showed any survival (<1% average); however, in most cases, the seeds were completely destroyed (ash). A heat index of only 22,600 was needed to kill all seeds of Palmer amaranth, barnyardgrass, and Italian ryegrass. In the field, all seeds of the evaluated weed species were completely destroyed by narrow-windrow burning of 1.08 to 1.95 kg m−2 of soybean residues. The burn duration of the soybean harvest residues declined as wind speed increased. Findings from the kiln and field experiments show that complete kill is likely for weed seeds concentrated into narrow windrows of burned soybean residues. Given the low cost of implementation of narrow-windrow burning and the seed kill efficacy on various weed species, this strategy may be an attractive option for destroying weed seed.
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Sandler, Michael. "Windrows." Literary Imagination 24, no. 1 (2022): 44–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/litimag/imac001.
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Sandler, Michael. "Windrows." Literary Imagination 24, no. 1 (2022): 44–46. https://doi.org/10.1353/lim.2022.a941624.
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CLARKE, JOHN M. "EFFECT OF KERNEL WATER CONCENTRATION AT HARVEST AND DRYING METHOD ON GRADES OF RED SPRING AND DURUM WHEATS." Canadian Journal of Plant Science 66, no. 1 (1986): 79–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps86-010.
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Effects of kernel water concentration at harvest, and windrow compared to artificial drying, were determined in two red spring (Triticum aestivum L.) and three durum (T. turgidum L. var. durum) cultivars. Grain harvested at kernel water concentrations of 1000 to < 170 g water per kilogram kernel dry weight was dried in the field in simulated windrows or artificially in a forced-air oven (40–45 °C). Test weight and commercial grades were determined. Artificial drying of immature wheat reduced grades, primarily due to numbers of green kernels. Green kernel levels reduced grades of windrowed durum wheat in 1 of 3 years. In the absence of grade-limiting levels of green kernels, test weight limited grades of durum in 1 year, particularly in the windrowed treatment. In a separate experiment, percentages of green kernels were determined in field-scale windrowed and standing hard red spring and durum wheat crops. Levels of green kernels declined at similar rates in standing and windrowed crops. The kernel water concentration at which level of green kernels dropped to 0.75%, the maximum level tolerated in the top grades of hard red spring and durum wheat, was lower in dry years when maturity was forced than in moist years.Key words: Wheat (red spring), wheat (durum), windrowing, artificial drying, test weight
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Halmö, Gerd. "ENHANCED BIODEGRADATION OF OIL." International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 1985, no. 1 (1985): 531–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-1985-1-531.
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ABSTRACT In a study of biodegradation of a weathered crude oil emulsion, direct addition of fertilizers to oil on shore enhanced the natural biodegradation. An oil-soluble urea fertilizer was at least as efficient as a water-soluble one containing ammonia and nitrate. In one year, the paraffins were totally degraded. Composting was studied both in aerated full-scale windrows and in model columns. Oily seaweed was mixed and composted with different oil sorbents and fertilizers to find the optimal conditions for oil degradation. The best alternative was obtained by mixing the oily seaweed with pine bark and a nutrient of urea in a microemulsion of oleic acid. Windrow composting of this mixture, with forced aeration from the bottom, resulted in approximately 65 percent degradation of the paraffins within a summer season, 70 percent over the entire year. The oil-soluble fertilizer was better retained in the windrows than the water-soluble one tried earlier, thus improving the leachate quality. Revegetation on this compost was successful.
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Vavříček, D., J. Pecháček, P. Jonák, and P. Samec. "The effect of point application of fertilizerson the soil environment of spread line windrows in the Krušné hory Mts." Journal of Forest Science 56, No. 5 (2010): 195–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/66/2009-jfs.
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The plateau of the Kru&scaron;n&eacute; hory Mts. belongs to areas that suffered the greatest damage caused by air-pollution stresses in Europe. A part of cultural practices aimed at the reconstruction of local mountain forests was the inconsiderate use of bulldozer technologies for the preparation of sites for forest stand restoration. In the course of large-scale scarification the top-soil horizons were moved into line windrows, which caused marked degradation of the soil environment. The present revitalization of the soil environment is based on the principle of spreading these man-made windrows. Experimental plots were established in localities affected by scarification; the organomineral material from windrows was superimposed on them and subsequently they were reforested with Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.). In 2005 the point application of fertilizer tablets of Silvamix type in three treatments and calcic dolomite was performed into the rhizosphere of plants. Before fertilization and after three years of the experiment soil samples were taken from the organomineral zone of the root balls of plants, and the condition of the soil environment on spread windrows and changes in pedochemical properties as a result of applied fertilization were evaluated. Three years after the windrow spreading the content of the majority of soil macrobiogenic elements (N, K, Ca, Mg) is at the level of medium-high to high reserves, and only the low phosphorus reserves pose a certain hazard. The organomineral substrate of spread windrows is a suitable growth environment for the root systems of target tree species. The proportion of humus substances is the most important factor in spread windrows from which the characteristics of the other parameters of soil are derived. Along with the higher proportion of humus substances in &Scaron;pič&aacute;k locality significantly higher reserves of major macrobiogenic elements (N, P, K, Ca, Mg) were determined. The applied fertilizers of Silvamix type significantly increased the reserves of soil P, K, Ca, Mg and are a suitable means for the stimulation of spruce plantations in the restored environment of the Kru&scaron;n&eacute; hory Mts. Silvamix Forte fertilizer tablets are the most complex fertilizer with the most balanced effects that significantly increases the reserves of soil P, Mg and K. This fertilizer has a high effect on an increase in the reserves of soil phosphorus that may be deficient in conditions of spread windrows. Silvamix R is the most efficient fertilizer to increase potassium reserves. A positive effect of calcic dolomite on an increase in Ca and Mg content was observed while no such effect on the other elements was recorded. &nbsp;
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Nguyen, Thanh Phong, and Carsten Cuhls. "The effect of turning frequency on methane generation during composting of anaerobic digestion material." Journal of Vietnamese Environment 8, no. 1 (2016): 50–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.13141/jve.vol8.no1.pp50-55.
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Methane (CH4) is included in the direct greenhouse gases listed in the Kyoto protocol. The composting of anaerobic digestion (henceforth AD) material is a source of CH4. CH4 is the major contributor to overall CO2 emissions. Therefore, it is important to know the formation of this gas from different stages and substrates of the composting process. This study investigated CH4, CO2 and O2 profiles in two open-windrows in composting plants treating AD material. One composting windrow was turned one a week; whereas another was turned twice a week using a special windrow turner. To assess the gaseous formation in the composting windrows, CH4, CO2 and O2 volume concentrations were measured at different depths. Active aeration has been considered as a method to reduce CH4 generation during composting. However, our results showed that frequent turned windrow generated more CH4 than less turned windrow. The highest CH4 concentrations were found at a depth of 1 m, and were 45% and 37% for 2 times a week turned windrow and 1 time a week turned windrow respectively. Gas concentrations of CH4, O2 and CO2 in both windrows differed. Concentrations of CO2 and CH4 increased with depth, whereas concentration of O2 decreased from the surface to the lowest point. The O2 and CO2 are important factors in determining whether the windrows are anaerobic or aerobic.
 Khí mê tan (CH4) là một trong những khí nhà kính được liệt kê trong nghị định thư Kyoto. Quá trình ủ phân compost từ các chất thải của hầm ủ biogas là nguồn phát sinh loại khí này. Khí mê tan đóng góp chủ yếu trong tổng lượng khí nhà kính phát thải vào khí quyển. Do đó, những hiểu biết về quá trình hình thành loại khí này trong các giai đoạn khác nhau của quá trình ủ phân compost từ chất thải hầm ủ biogas là rất quan trọng. Nghiên cứu này tìm hiểu sự phát thải khí CH4, CO2 và O2 trong 2 luống ủ ngoài trời tại các nhà máy xử lý rác thải hữu cơ bằng phương pháp kỵ khí. Luống ủ 1 được đảo trộn một lần một tuần trong khi luống ủ số 2 được đảo trộn 2 lần 1 tuần. Để đo đạc lượng khí phát thải từ các luống ủ phân compost, nồng độ các khí CH4, CO2 và O2 được đo ở các độ sâu khác nhau. Việc cung cấp khí oxy được coi như là một biện pháp để làm giảm sự hình thành khí mê tan. Tuy nhiên, kết quả đo đạc của chúng tôi chứng minh rằng việc đảo trộn thường xuyên phát thải nhiều khí mê tan hơn ít đảo trộn. Nồng độ khí mê tan cao nhất 45% và 37% đo được ở khoảng cách 1m từ bề mặt đối với luống ủ đảo trộn hai lần và một lần. Nồng độ các khí CH4, CO2 và O2 khác nhau ở hai luống trong thí nghiệm. Nồng độ khí CH4 và CO2 tăng theo độ sâu, trong khi O2 giảm theo độ sâu. Nồng độ khí CO2 và O2 đóng vai trò quyết định luống ủ được cung cấp đủ oxy cho quá trình phân hủy hiếu khí hay không.
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Lyon, Drew J., David R. Huggins, and John F. Spring. "Windrow Burning Eliminates Italian Ryegrass (Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum) Seed Viability." Weed Technology 30, no. 1 (2016): 279–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/wt-d-15-00118.1.
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Windrow burning is one of several harvest weed seed control strategies that have been developed and evaluated in Australia to address the widespread evolution of multiple herbicide resistance in annual weeds. Herbicide-resistant Italian ryegrass populations are common in the Palouse region of eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Field and greenhouse studies were conducted to evaluate the effects of burning standing stubble and narrow windrows on the survival of Italian ryegrass seed on the soil surface and to determine the amount of crop residue remaining after both practices. Italian ryegrass emergence was 63, 48, and 1% for the nonburned check, burned standing stubble, and burned windrow treatments, respectively. Crop-residue dry weights were 9.94, 5.69, and 5.79 Mg ha−1 for these same treatments. Windrow burning can be an effective tactic in an integrated weed management strategy for Italian ryegrass control in the Palouse region of eastern Washington and northern Idaho.
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CLARKE, J. M. "LOSS OF GREEN COLOR AND CHANGES IN KERNEL WEIGHT FOLLOWING WINDROWING OF IMMATURE WHEAT." Canadian Journal of Plant Science 69, no. 3 (1989): 721–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps89-088.
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A field study was conducted to determine the effects of stage of maturity at harvest on kernel weight and color of two cultivars each of hard red spring (Triticum aestivum L.) and durum (T. turgidum L. var. durum) wheat dried in windrows or artificially following threshing. Plots were cut at kernel water concentrations (KWC) ranging from approximately 160 to 2200 g water per kilogram kernel dry weight and left in the field to dry in simulated windrows. A subsample was threshed and the grain dried in a forced-air oven at 40 °C and under ambient laboratory conditions of 25–30 °C. Percent green kernels and kernel weights were determined on the field- and artificially-dried samples. Differences among cultivars in green kernel percentage appeared to be largely related to maturity differences. Green kernel percentage dropped below 0.75 (top commercial grade tolerance) at higher harvest KWC in the windrowed samples than in the artificially dried samples. In unevenly matured crops, green kernel percentages in excess of 0.75% remained a risk even at harvest KWC approaching combine ripeness (170 g kg−1). There was little difference in green kernel percentage of the ambient-air-dried and oven-dried grain when harvested at commercially realistic KWC less than 250 g kg−1. Kernel weight increased in windrowed wheat harvested at KWC greater than 1200 g kg−1, presumably through translocation of assimilates from the straw. No such translocation was detected in wheat windrowed within the recommended KWC range of 640–670 g kg−1.Key words: Ambient air drying, artificial drying, windrowing, wheat (hard red spring), wheat (durum)
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Remeš, J., V. V. Podrázský, I. Ulbrichová, and V. Meduna. "Fertilization of Norway spruce plantations on the bulldozer-spread windrows in the Ore Mts." Journal of Forest Science 51, Special Issue (2019): 49–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/11849-jfs.
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The spreading of bulldozer-formed windrows represents a second stage of the site restoration with bulldozers utilization in the Ore Mts. In the first period, bulldozers were used to create windrows for mechanized reforestation of immission-declined stands, causing profound devastation of forest sites, because removed surface humus was the only source of nutrients and environment for tree species roots. Preparatory stands have been established, and have to undergo re-construction in the coming years. Nowadays, the windrows are spread by the bulldozers again, covering 1/3 f the whole area between windrows by the rest of holorganic matter. This substratum is impoverished by the extensive mineralization and connected nutrient (especially N) losses, representing differently suitable space for tree rooting. Presented paper documents the effects of fertilization by different types of the SILVAMIX fertilizer on the growth and prosperity of new spruce plantations. Effects of fertilization are visible very soon and they are significantly beneficial for the new forest plantations.
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Bonifacio, Henry F., C. Alan Rotz, and Tom L. Richard. "A Process-Based Model for Cattle Manure Compost Windrows: Part 2. Model Performance and Application." Transactions of the ASABE 60, no. 3 (2017): 893–913. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/trans.12058.
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Abstract. A model was developed and incorporated into the Integrated Farm System Model (IFSM, v.4.3) that simulates important processes occurring during windrow composting of manure. The model, documented in an accompanying article, predicts changes in windrow properties and conditions and the resulting emissions of C and N. Our objective in this article was to evaluate the performance of the compost windrow model. Model predictions were compared to published data from an independent cattle manure composting study that characterized static (no turning) and turned windrows composted over a 188-day period. The model did very well in simulating C and N losses for the turned windrow treatment, with predicted and measured cumulative C losses of 78% and 77%, respectively, and cumulative N losses of 55% and 57%, respectively, by day 99 of composting. By day 188 of composting, predicted cumulative N loss (56%) differed from measured (58%) by 2 percentage points only, whereas predicted cumulative C loss matched the corresponding measured value (80%). For the static windrow treatment, the model also did well in simulating cumulative C loss by day 99, with a difference of 5 percentage points between predicted (50%) and measured (45%) values. On the other hand, there was a difference of 12 percentage points between predicted (31%) and measured (19%) cumulative N losses for the static windrow by day 99. This discrepancy in simulating N loss for the static windrow treatment was not surprising, as the NH3 biofiltration effect of the finished compost cover on the actual static windrow was not modeled. After simulating the turning of the static windrow treatment on day 99, predicted and measured cumulative N losses by day 188 were equal at 44%. With the compost windrow model as a component, IFSM can be used to evaluate gaseous emissions from composted manure as influenced by windrow management practices and environmental conditions, along with other aspects of performance, environmental impact, and economics of cattle feeding operations. Simulating different composting strategies showed that addition of dry material to the cattle manure at the start of composting and turning of the manure windrow during composting produced a more stable organic soil amendment but caused greater carbon and nitrogen losses. Keywords: Cattle manure, Composting, Emissions, IFSM, Process-based modeling.
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McLEOD, J. G., and J. M. CLARKE. "EFFECT OF HARVEST TIME AND DRYING METHOD ON QUALITY AND GRADE OF WINTER RYE." Canadian Journal of Plant Science 67, no. 2 (1987): 417–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps87-060.
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Three winter rye (Secale cereale L.) cultivars, Cougar, Puma and Musketeer, were grown in a field experiment for 2 yr to determine the effects of kernel water concentration (KWC) at harvest time and drying method on final quality and grade of the grain. Plots were harvested when KWC was in the range of 950–100 g water kg−1 kernel dry weight. Grain was dried in windrows in the field and artificially in a forced-air oven at 40–45 °C. Kernel water concentration at harvest, test mass, kernel mass, falling number and germination were determined. Test mass increased as KWC at harvest decreased, especially in the artificially dried treatments. Kernel mass was lower when harvested at high KWC, especially in the windrowed treatments. Falling numbers were affected by harvest time and drying method, but trends were not clear. Germination was reduced by artificial drying at KWC greater than 430 g kg−1. Grades were not affected by windrowing at KWC up to 957 g kg−1. Artificial drying reduced commercial grades, especially at high KWC. The main degrading factors were presence of immature kernels and low test mass.Key words: Test mass, artifical drying, windrow, germination, falling number, harvest time
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Blackwell, B., M. C. Feller, and R. Trowbridge. "Conversion of dense lodgepole pine stands in west-central British Columbia into young lodgepole pine plantations using prescribed fire. 2. Effects of burning treatments on tree seedling establishment." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 25, no. 2 (1995): 175–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x95-021.
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The ecological effects of different treatments used to convert dense logdepole pine (Pinusconforta Dougl.) stands into young lodgepole pine plantations are being determined. The treatments used were bulldozing the trees and either broadcast burning the slash or bulldozing the slash into windrows, which were then burned. Burns were conducted under different fuel moisture conditions and state of fuel curing to achieve four classes of fire severity. Lodgepole pine seedling survival was affected by both site preparation and fire severity. Five years after outplanting, survival was significantly (p < 0.05) greater for areas between windrows (81%) than for areas beneath windrows (65%) or for broadcast-burned areas (67%). Survival was greatest after 5 years for low-severity burns in fresh slash (80%) compared with low-severity burns in cured slash and higher severity burns (67–69%). Seedling total height and height increment 5 years after outplanting were significantly greater (p < 0.05) in areas beneath windrows than in areas between windrows or in broadcast-burned areas. However, stem diameter was similar among all site preparation treatments. Fire severity had no effect on lodgepole pine total height, height increment, and basal diameter growth in any year after outplanting. Lodgepole pine seedling foliar nutrient levels were generally consistent with trends in seedling growth in that foliar concentrations generally tended to be higher when growth was higher (in the case of site preparation); however, no significant differences in growth were found (in the case of fire severity). This suggested that foliar nutrient levels could at least partly explain seedling growth results. Surface mineral soil (0–15 cm) chemistry exhibited similar trends to seedling foliar chemistry when site preparation treatments were compared, but not when fire severity classes were compared. This was attributed to foliar chemistry being controlled by factors other than soil chemistry alone.
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Hussein, Affan O. "Effect of Straw Throwing Method and Some Operational Parameters on the Performance of a Small Rectangular Baler." Polytechnic Journal 10, no. 2 (2020): 21–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.25156/ptj.v10n2y2020.pp21-26.
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The experiment was carried out on a private farm in Karak village in 2017 to study the effects of the method of throwing the straw behind the combine harvester and some operational factors on the performance of a small rectangular baler. The field was planted with wheat (Triticum spp.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare). A small rectangular baler type (Ćicoria 454), Italian made was used to pick up and bale the straws, which were thrown as heaps and windrows in the field. The results obtained showed that picking up the straw as windrows improved the baler’s performance over the heaps in terms of number of mechanical units stops, time require for baling, fuel consumption, baler’s throughput capacity, and baler’s throughput efficiency, on the other hand, the forward speed also affected the baler’s performance when the straw was thrown as windrows; By increasing the forward speed, the slippage percentage increased but the fuel consumption, baler’s throughput efficiency, and baler’s throughput capacity decreased.
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Aquino, Thomas, Mary E. Drewnoski, and Pedro Henrique Jota Fernandes. "396 Effects of allocation timing on cattle performance and forage utilization when swath grazing a sorghum-sudangrass hybrid in eastern Nebraska." Journal of Animal Science 102, Supplement_3 (2024): 190–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skae234.224.
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Abstract Swath, or windrow, grazing is the process of cutting hay, leaving it in windrows, and allowing cattle to graze these windrows in the winter. This grazing system reduces winter feeding costs by mitigating the need to bale and transport hay, while having the potential for increased utilization compared with grazing the forage standing. This study aimed to determine the effect of varying allocation timing on cattle performance and forage utilization. A sorghum-sudangrass hybrid (Sorghum× drummondii) was planted in June 2023, cut in early November, and grazed from mid-November 2023 to mid-January 2024. A 16-ha field was divided based on seeding rate with one-half seeded at the recommended rate of 39.2 kg/ha (REC) and one-half with a double rate of 78.4 kg/ha (DOU). The field was subdivided into a total of 8 paddocks (4 per seeding rate) with either 10 (n = 4) or 11 (n = 4) windrows. Forage was cut and windrows were gathered from a 4.57 m width in the field. Prior to grazing, a 0.30 m length of three swaths in each paddock was sampled to determine initial forage mass. A total of 60 steers [initial body weight (BW) = 240 ± 8.3 kg] were stratified by BW and assigned to one of 8 paddocks (n = 7 or 8 calves) to result in equal BW per swathed area. Allocations were offered in full once-per week (1X) or, one-half of the total forage was allocated twice weekly (2X). Post-graze samples were collected to estimate utilization and allocation amount was adjusted as needed based on visual appraisal of post grazing biomass. Cattle were pulled from the field due to snow cover after a 64-d grazing period. The area grazed was used to calculate the animal unit months/ha (AUM) achieved for each paddock. Pre-grazing forage mass did not differ between allocation timing (P = 0.89) or among seeding rates (P = 0.10; REC = 6,720 ± 545 kg/ha, DOU = 8,534.0 ± 545 kg/ha). There was an allocation timing by seeding rate interaction (P &lt; 0.01) for forage offered with 1X (10.62 kgּ steer-1ּ d-1) being offered more (P &lt; 0.01) than 2X (8.43 kg/steer/d) within REC, but no difference (P = 0.31) in forage offered due to allocation within DOU (8.31 kgּ steer-1ּ d-1). However, post grazing biomass (P = 0.35) and utilization (59 ± 8%) were not affected by allocation timing (P = 0.48). Average daily gain (ADG) also did not differ (P = 0.93) due to allocation timing (0.20 ± 0.07 kg). Most notably, there was a significant allocation effect (P = 0.05) on AUM/ha with 1X (14.51 ± 1.00) being lesser than 2X (16.82 ± 1.00). However, there was no significant difference (P = 0.30) in forage disappearance (291 ± 61 kg/AUM) due to allocation timing. This indicates that more frequent allocations can lead to increased carrying capacity. Increasing the frequency of allocation is a simple management practice producers can implement when swath grazing sorghum-sudangrass to increase carrying capacity.
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Patel, Jitendra R., Irene Yossa, Dumitru Macarisin, and Patricia Millner. "Physical Covering for Control of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. in Static and Windrow Composting Processes." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81, no. 6 (2015): 2063–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.04002-14.
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ABSTRACTThis study investigated the effect of a 30-cm covering of finished compost (FC) on survival ofEscherichia coliO157:H7 andSalmonellaspp. in active static and windrow composting systems. Feedstocks inoculated withE. coliO157:H7 (7.41 log CFU/g) andSalmonella(6.46 log CFU/g) were placed in biosentry tubes (7.5-cm diameter, 30-cm height) at three locations: (i and ii) two opposing sides at the interface between the FC cover layer (where present) and the feedstock material (each positioned approximately 10 cm below the pile's surface) and (iii) an internal location (top) (approximately 30 cm below the surface). On specific sampling days, surviving populations of inoculatedE. coliO157:H7 andSalmonella, genericE. coli, and coliforms in compost samples were determined.Salmonellaspp. were reduced significantly within 24 h in windrow piles and were below the detection limit after 3 and 7 days at internal locations of windrow and static piles containing FC covering, respectively. Likewise,E. coliO157:H7 was undetectable after 1 day in windrow piles covered with finished compost. Use of FC as a covering layer significantly increased the number of days that temperatures in the windrows remained ≥55°C at all locations and in static piles at internal locations. These time-temperature exposures resulted in rapid reduction of inoculated pathogens, and the rate of bacterial reduction was rapid in windrow piles. The sample location significantly influenced the survival of these pathogens at internal locations compared to that at interface locations of piles. Finished compost covering of compost piles aids in the reduction of pathogens during the composting process.
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Salako, F. K., R. Lal, and M. J. Swift. "Intercropping Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) with Cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) on Windrows and Non-Windrows in Southern Nigeria." Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 6, no. 1 (1995): 47–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j064v06n01_05.
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Swindel, Benee F., Louis F. Conde, and Joel E. Smith. "Windrowing Affects Early Growth of Slash Pine." Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 10, no. 2 (1986): 81–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sjaf/10.2.81.
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Abstract On the Bradford Experimental Watersheds, Morris et al. (1983) previously demonstrated that, contrary to appearances, windrows were composed primarily (>85%) of soil rather than wood, and they contained large amounts of nutrients (e.g., about 333 lb nitrogen/ac of plantation). The present study addressed the question: do planted pines respond to such nutrient translocations? At five years of age planted slash pine (Pinus elliottii) on beds nearest windrows had 9%, 33%, and 45% more height, basal area, and volume, respectively, than trees three beds away. These are probably conservative estimates of differences due to better soil nutrition near windrows̶because competing vegetation was much more abundant there. South J. Appl. For. 10:81-84, May 1986.
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Chastain, John P. "Impact of Storage Time on the Composition of a Finished Compost Product: A Case Study." Applied Engineering in Agriculture 39, no. 3 (2023): 303–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aea.15312.
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Highlights The concentrations of major plant nutrients, key minor plant nutrients, and carbon were measured for finished turkey poult litter compost that had been stored for 29 to 583 days in open windrows at a commercial composting facility. It was found that the concentrations of TN, P2O5, K2O, and minor plant nutrients were not significantly correlated with respect to compost age. Significant negative correlations were observed for the concentrations of organic matter and carbon resulting in a decrease in C:N. Significant decreases in compost pH and increases in bulk density were also observed. Abstract. Several studies have provided information concerning the loss of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, carbon, and organic matter from manures and plant residues during active composting. However, very little information was found to provide insight into the changes in compost composition as the product ages during curing and storage in uncovered windrows. The objective of this study was to observe changes in compost composition after it was removed from a composting shed and was stored in large un-covered windrows at a compost production site that used turkey poult litter (manure and wood shavings) as the primary ingredient. Compost samples and production records were obtained for 7 windrows and it was determined that the active composting time under the shed (AC) averaged 99 days and the time allowed for curing and storage in the uncovered windrows (CS) ranged from 29 to 583 days. As a result, the total compost age (CA = AC + CS) at the time of sampling ranged from 131 to 674 days. The quantities measured were moisture, pH, bulk density, electrical conductivity (EC), carbon (C). organic matter (OM), total ammoniacal N (TAN = NH4+-N + NH3-N), nitrate-N, organic-N, total-N (TN), P2O5, K2O, Ca, Mg, S, Zn, Cu, Mn, Fe, Na, and Al. The TN content was not found to change significantly while being stored in the outside windrows. However, the TAN content decreased significantly with storage time while nitrate-N and organic-N concentrations increased. The results showed evidence of nitrification of ammonium-N and a build-up of organic-N during storage. Storage time did not significantly impact concentrations of P2O5, K2O, Al, Na, and all minor plant nutrients measured. The pH fell from 8.9 at a compost age of 131 days to a mean of 6.8 by day 363 providing evidence of formation of organic acids during storage. Significant decreases during storage were observed for C, OM, and C:N. The rate of organic matter loss during storage was -0.623 g OM/kg DM/day and carbon was lost at the rate of -0.447 g C/kg DM/day. The electrical conductivity was not correlated with storage time and the mean was 3.80 ± 3.25 mmhos/cm. The bulk density increased significantly during curing and storage (R2 = 0.693) and was believed to be the result of compression settling. Keywords: Compost, Manure Management, Plant nutrients, Treatment.
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Blackwell, B., M. C. Feller, and R. Trowbridge. "Conversion of dense lodgepole pine stands in west-central British Columbia into young lodgepole pine plantations using prescribed fire. 1. Biomass consumption during burning treatments." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 22, no. 4 (1992): 572–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x92-076.
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The ecological effects of different treatments used to convert dense Pinuscontorta var. latifolia Engelm. stands into young P. contorta plantations are determined. The treatments used were felling the trees with a bulldozer and either broadcast burning the slash or bulldozing the slash into windrows, which were then burned. Burns were conducted under different fuel moisture conditions and state of fuel curing to achieve four classes of fire severity. The preburn surface fuel load was relatively high due largely to fallen dead woody materials (10−21 kg/m2). The biomass of the forest floor (5−10 kg/m2) was similar to that of the tree slash (5−13 kg/m2), while the understory vegetation was a minor component (0.3−0.5 kg/m2). The quantity of slash and understory vegetation consumed by burning increased with the preburn mass of the same components. Forest floor consumption depended primarily on the preburn forest floor mass for windrow burns and on forest floor moisture content as well as preburn forest floor mass for broadcast burns. Fire severity generally did not have a strong influence on biomass consumption, although it did significantly influence forest floor consumption. There was a general trend, however, of increasing biomass consumption in broadcast burns with increasing fire severity. Windrow burning consumed more biomass than did broadcast burning under similar weather and fuel moisture conditions. Windrow burning resulted in uniformly high biomass consumption that was relatively independent of fuel moisture over the wide range of fuel moistures studied.
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Walsh, Michael, and Peter Newman. "Burning narrow windrows for weed seed destruction." Field Crops Research 104, no. 1-3 (2007): 24–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2007.05.012.
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Phong, Nguyen Thanh. "GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PLANTS." Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology 54, no. 4B (2018): 208. http://dx.doi.org/10.15625/2525-2518/54/4b/12043.
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This study investigated emissions of CH4, N2O and NH3 from nine anaerobic digestion plants that treat biowaste. The treatment is in form of mechanical pre-treatment, anaerobic digestion followed by a composting with or without intensive aeration. The exhaust gases from the mechanical and anaerobic steps are treated by biofilters. The emission sources at the plants consisted of biofilters, combined heat and power units (CHP), liquid digestate treatment systems (LTS) and open composting windrows of the solid digestate. Overall, the emission factors were 0.4 - 16 kg (Mg biowaste)-1 for CH4, 7 - 170 g (Mg biowaste)-1 for N2O and 41 - 6,032 g (Mg biowaste)-1 for NH3. Open composting windrows of solid digestate resulted in high emissions of CH4 and N2O. Intensive aeration of the solid digestate could reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Jan, Pecháček, Vavříček Dušan, Kučera Aleš, and Dundek Peter. "The effect of slow-release fertilizers on the soil environment of spread windrows in the Krušné Hory Mts." Journal of Forest Science 63, No. 7 (2017): 331–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/31/2017-jfs.
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The current revitalization of forest ecosystems in the Krušné Hory Mts. is carried out through: (i) spreading line windrows, (ii) chemical amelioration. The aim of this research consisted in: (i) assessing basic pedochemical characteristics of spread windrows, (ii) testing the effect of slow-release fertilizers from the Silvamix<sup>®</sup> series and dolomitic limestone on the root ball zone soil five years after application. The results of this study suggest that spread windrows are a suitable environment for forest species: with the only risk being extremely low P concentrations. Our results further show an increase in the amount of soil macrobioelements in the case of Silvamix<sup>®</sup> R and Silvamix<sup>®</sup> Forte, namely P over 125 and 85%; Mg<sup>2+</sup> over 84 and 108%; base saturation (BS) over 44 and 40.7%, respectively, compared with a control. Having applied dolomitic limestone, an increase of BS (by 88%), Mg<sup>2+</sup> (by 250%) and Ca<sup>2+</sup> (by 37%) was observed; there was a reduction in the level of mobile Al<sup>3+</sup> (by 25%) compared with the control. Stromfolixyl<sup>®</sup> application did not affect the chemistry of the soil environment.
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Kuzmych, Alvian, Mykhailo Aneliak, and Oleksandr Hrytsaka. "Collection of Non-grain Part of Sunflower Harvest for Energy Purposes." National Interagency Scientific and Technical Collection of Works. Design, Production and Exploitation of Agricultural Machines, no. 50 (2020): 69–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.32515/2414-3820.2020.50.69-78.
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The aim of the research is to increase the efficiency of harvesting the non-grain part of the sunflower crop for energy purposes by developing technology and substantiation of technical means. The analysis of sunflower harvesting technologies is carried out; the method of harvesting the crushed mass of the non-grain part of the sunflower crop with the formation of windrows of high linear mass at the edge of the field is substantiated. The results of laboratory field research of harvesting, selection and pressing of the crushed mass of the non-grain part of the sunflower crop are presented. Directions of improvement of the baler for harvesting of a non-grain part of sunflower harvest are noted. The constructional-technological scheme of the trailed hopper and windrow-former to the combine harvester for formation of windrows of a non-grain part of a crop of sunflower with the increased running weight is offered. The results of laboratory field studies confirmed the hypothesis of the possibility of selecting the rolls of the crushed mass of the non-grain part of the sunflower crop with a running weight of more than 20 kg per meter at a level of losses not exceeding 20%. The efficiency of harvesting the non-grain part of the sunflower crop for energy purposes can be increased by collecting the crushed mass passed through the combine harvester in a trailed digger and forming rolls with high running weight at the edge of the field for drying and subsequent selection by serial balers. It is established that at the level of yield of sunflower seeds within 3 ton per ha the volume of harvesting by the combine harvester of the crushed weight of non-grain part makes 7.5-8.5 center per ha. When picking with a baler, rolls with a density of 75-90 kg per m3 were formed at an average humidity of 23%.
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Churchill, D. B., W. R. Horwath, L. F. Elliott, and D. M. Bilsland. "Low-input, on-farm composting of high C:N ratio residues." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 11, no. 1 (1996): 7–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0889189300006640.
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AbstractFarm residues with high C:N ratios are difficult to use because of their low economic value and excessive volume. Composting is ideal for upgrading such residues, but was not thought possible without co-composting or lowering of the C:N ratio. We developed a low-input method to compost perennial ryegrass straw on-farm by forming windrows and turning them either zero, two, four, or six times throughout the year with a commercial, straddle-type turner. No water beyond normal rainfall and no N other than that contained in the straw was added. The volume of straw was reduced by up to 88% with four or six turns over 20 to 24 weeks. The average internal temperature of straw windrows reached a maximum of 54°C with four turns. The ability to compost these residues will help in the development of sustainable farming systems by allowing recycling of straw waste.
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Wilkinson, Kerry, Renata Ristic, Imogen McNamara, Beth Loveys, WenWen Jiang, and Mark Krstic. "Evaluating the Potential for Smoke from Stubble Burning to Taint Grapes and Wine." Molecules 26, no. 24 (2021): 7540. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26247540.
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It has been well established that bushfire/wildfire smoke can taint grapes (and therefore wine), depending on the timing and duration of exposure, but the risk of smoke contamination from stubble burning (a practice employed by some grain growers to prepare farmland for sowing) has not yet been established. This study exposed excised bunches of grapes to smoke from combustion of barley straw and pea stubble windrows to investigate the potential for stubble burning to elicit smoke taint. Increased levels of volatile phenols (i.e., chemical markers of smoke taint) were detected in grapes exposed to barley straw smoke (relative to control grapes), with smoke density and the duration of smoke exposure influencing grape volatile phenols. However, the sensory panel did not perceive wine made from grapes exposed to low-density smoke to be tainted, despite the presence of low levels of syringol providing compositional evidence of smoke exposure. During the pea stubble burn, grapes positioned amongst the burning windrows or on the edge of the pea paddock were exposed to smoke for ~15–20 and 30–45 min, respectively, but this only resulted in 1 µg/kg differences in the cresol and/or syringol concentrations of smoke-affected grapes (and 1 µg/L differences for wine), relative to controls. A small, but significant increase in the intensity of smoke aroma and burnt rubber flavor of wine made from the grapes positioned amongst the burning pea stubble windrows provided the only sensory evidence of any smoke taint. As such, had vineyards been located immediately downwind from the pea stubble burn, it is unlikely that there would have been any smoke contamination of unharvested grapes.
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Mobaligh, Meriem, Abdelilah Meddich, Boujamaa Imziln, and Khalid Fares. "The Use of Phosphate Washing Sludge to Recover by Composting the Leachate from the Controlled Landfill." Processes 9, no. 10 (2021): 1735. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr9101735.
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The percolation of rainwater and runoff water through household waste in the dumpsite generally leads to an overabundance of leachate in Moroccan landfills, which is a source of soil, surface water and groundwater contamination. In order to ecologically solve the problem posed by the leachate in the dump site, to safeguard the environment and to contribute to sustainable development, we have carried out this study which aims to study the possibility of composting leachate with green waste and phosphate washing sludge. Various combinations with five substrates (leachate, green waste, sugar lime sludge, phosphate washing sludge and olive mill wastewater) in different proportions were used to build five windrows. A 24 h contact between the phosphate sludge or sugar lime sludge and the leachate took place prior to the addition of the green waste for the construction of the different windrows. This contact time ensured the absorption of a significant portion of the leachate and the disappearance of bad odor. A significant reduction was obtained with streptococci and mesophilic flora after 24 h of contact. The monitoring of the physicochemical parameters throughout the composting process showed that the temperature of the different windrows followed a good pace presenting all composting phases. Moisture, pH, C/N ratio and the percentage of degradation of the organic matter conformed to the quality standards of the compost. The combinations of the alkaline treatment and the composting process allowed a significant hygienization of the leachate. The results of the humification parameters and the E4/E6 ratio suggest that the composts obtained with phosphate sludge were the most stable and mature and can be used in the agricultural field or green space.
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Curry, GN. "The Influence of Proximity of Plantation Edge on Diversity and Abundance of bird species in an exotic pine plantation in north-eastern New South Wales." Wildlife Research 18, no. 3 (1991): 299. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9910299.
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Data were collected in summer and winter in a 15-year-old plantation of Pinus taeda, at Clouds Creek, north-eastern New South Wales. In summer, diversity and abundance of bird species declined over a distance of 900 m into the plantation. However, in winter this progressive decline in bird densities was limited to within the first 200 m of the plantation periphery. At greater distances into the plantation, the floristic and structural characteristics of the vegetation (including windrows) were of more importance than the proximity of the plantation edge in accounting for variations in the abundance and diversity of birds. Food for insectivorous birds (the dominant feeding guild) is probably restricted in the plantation because few local species of invertebrates are likely to be adapted to living on exotic pines; invertebrate mobility as well as abundance is probably less in winter, so that fewer invertebrates enter the plantation from adjacent native forest. Windrows are an important habitat feature contributing to the diversity and abundance of birds within plantations, probably serving as 'corridors' through the alien habitat of exotic pines, thus enabling birds to range further into plantations. For approximately 40 per cent of the plantation life cycle, the influence of proximity of plantation edge on diversity and abundance of bird species is probably of limited importance, particularly in winter. Reducing plantation size in order to increase the diversity and abundance of bird species is not realistic, because plantations would have to be very small. Instead, emphasis should be placed on increasing the structural and floristic diversity of plantations by creating a broad range of successional stages throughout the plantation complex, by enhancing the habitat value of windrows, and by retaining native vegetation within and near plantations.
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Chang, Henry, Helga S. Huntley, A. D. Kirwan Jr., et al. "Small-Scale Dispersion in the Presence of Langmuir Circulation." Journal of Physical Oceanography 49, no. 12 (2019): 3069–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-19-0107.1.
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AbstractWe present an analysis of ocean surface dispersion characteristics, on 1–100-m scales, obtained by optically tracking a release of bamboo plates for 2 h in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Under sustained 5–6 m s−1 winds, energetic Langmuir cells are clearly delineated in the spatially dense plate observations. Within 10 min of release, the plates collect in windrows with 15-m spacing aligned with the wind. Windrow spacing grows, through windrow merger, to 40 m after 20 min and then expands at a slower rate to 50 m. The presence of Langmuir cells produces strong horizontal anisotropy and scale dependence in all surface dispersion statistics computed from the plate observations. Relative dispersion in the crosswind direction initially dominates but eventually saturates, while downwind dispersion exhibits continual growth consistent with contributions from both turbulent fluctuations and organized mean shear. Longitudinal velocity differences in the crosswind direction indicate mean convergence at scales below the Langmuir cell diameter and mean divergence at larger scales. Although the second-order structure function measured by contemporaneous GPS-tracked surface drifters drogued at ~0.5 m shows persistent r2/3 power law scaling down to 100–200-m separation scales, the second-order structure function for the very near surface plates observations has considerably higher energy and significantly shallower slope at scales below 100 m. This is consistent with contemporaneous data from undrogued surface drifters and previously published model results indicating shallowing spectra in the presence of direct wind-wave forcing mechanisms.
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Macadam, Anne, and Richard Kabzems. "Vegetation Management Improves Early Growth of White Spruce More Than Mechanical Site Preparation Treatments." Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 23, no. 1 (2006): 35–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/njaf/23.1.35.
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Abstract The Inga Lake trial was one of a series of site preparation trials established in the northern interior of British Columbia during the 1980s to determine effective means of establishing conifer plantations on sites with severe vegetation competition and unfavorable soil conditions. Vegetation control, burned windrows, high-speed mixing, bedding plow, breaking plow, and disk trenching treatments were evaluated on a site with high brush potential, relatively dense soils, and average nutrient availability. This article summarizes impacts of treatments on soil density, soil chemical properties, and tree nutrition 5, 10, and 15 years after treatments and on the growth of planted white spruce (Picea glauca [Moench] Voss) after 15 growing seasons. Mixing, bedding plow, and disk trenching treatments decreased soil density and improved nutrient availability relative to no treatment, and effects were still significant after 15 years. Soil carbon and nitrogen increased substantially over time in treatments where there was a vigorous re-establishment of the plant community after disturbance. Although vegetation control did not improve soil physical or chemical properties relative to no treatment, it ranked among the top four treatments, with burned windrows, mixing, and breaking plow, in terms of white spruce growth after 15 years.
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Wakelin-King, Gresley. "Using geomorphology to assess contour furrowing in western New South Wales, Australia." Rangeland Journal 33, no. 2 (2011): 153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj10080.
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This study examines landscape rehabilitation treatments installed 20–40 years ago in the Western Catchment of NSW. Treatment outcomes were assessed using geomorphic criteria, because geomorphic processes are fundamental to ecological permanence. Contour furrowing creates artificial runoff-runon sets which intercept runoff (resistance to flow by windrows microrelief and surface roughness) and promote infiltration (artificial permeability by ripping). As originally conceived, after windrows subside, flow resistance would be afforded by surface roughness under belts of vegetation. This study shows that rehabilitation treatments have a more complex relationship with the landscape than this would suggest, and that the final effect of the treatment depends on the geomorphic processes natural to the site. Treatment design should therefore be site-specific. The relevant aspects of treatment design are site location, runoff : runon ratio (expressed as furrow spacing and furrow length), furrow placement, and post-treatment management. Some long-term successes are documented. In ironstone ridge country affected by impermeable hard-setting soils, furrowing creates artificial permeability, allowing plant germination; plant material in the soil reverses hard-setting and establishes self-sustaining permeability. In stony gilgai country furrowing through vegetated patches can aid in re-establishing vegetation, but furrowing through stony runoff patches only diminishes, rather than improves, landscape function. Other landscape types will have different key attributes. In all cases, selection of appropriate sites for rehabilitation treatment is of primary importance. The 1990s NSW Soil Conservation Service best-practice included a specialised furrower, surveying techniques for accurate furrow placement along the contour, staggered gaps along each furrow line to reduce risks of gullying by windrow breakthrough, and post-treatment management of total grazing pressure. New guidelines for treatment design developed from this study include determining for each site the optimum runoff:runon ratio (which varies according to climate, gradient, vegetation, and regolith), and matching furrow spacing and furrow/gap length to local runoff:runon ratios. In stony gilgai country, furrow placement should be along the contour but within non-stony patches; elsewhere, placement should be rigorously along the contour. In ironstone ridge country, a greater runoff:runon ratio, commensurate with the area’s apparently larger patch scale, can be achieved by having more gap than furrow along each furrow line. No single rehabilitation technique will fit all landscape types, and these guidelines will ideally be developed further with investigation of other landscapes.
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Smith, E. A., E. J. Duncan, M. B. McGechan, and D. P. Haughey. "A model for the field drying of grass in windrows." Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research 41, no. 4 (1988): 251–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-8634(88)90212-0.
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Robinzon, Roni, Eitan Kimmel, Boris Krasovitski, and Yoram Avnimelech. "Estimation of Bulk Parameters of a Composting Process in Windrows." Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research 73, no. 2 (1999): 113–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jaer.1998.0396.
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Giacomini, Anna, and Klaus Thoeni. "Full-scale experimental testing of dump-point safety berms in surface mining." Canadian Geotechnical Journal 52, no. 11 (2015): 1791–810. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2014-0455.
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Waste rock (muck) piles are used as energy absorption barriers in many surface mining applications, such as berms at dumping points and at the crest of slopes, and in windrows as traffic separators or edge barriers on haul roads. The height of safety berms and windrows is currently designed using rules of thumb, such as height equal to half the maximum wheel diameter. However, over the last few decades, the dimensions of haul trucks have increased, and it is unclear if such rules of thumb are still applicable. This study, funded by the Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP), was carried out with the objective of improving the current knowledge on design and construction of dump-point safety berms in mining environments. Through full-scale experimental investigations on the dynamic impact of haul trucks on dump-point safety berms, significant data on berm design, construction materials, as well as principal berm characteristics were collected for the first time. The experimental findings suggested that the current rule of thumb might only be suitable for dump points where trucks travel at velocities lower than 10 km/h. The studies also showed that safety berms should be built using fresh, blocky, nonslaking waste rock materials and well maintained over their lifespan.
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Paragi, Thomas F., and Dale A. Haggstrom. "Short-Term Responses of Aspen to Fire and Mechanical Treatments in Interior Alaska." Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 24, no. 2 (2007): 153–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/njaf/24.2.153.
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Abstract Fire suppression and limited timber markets presently hinder maintenance of the early successional broad-leaved forest for wildlife habitat near settlements in interior Alaska. During 1999ߝ2003, we evaluated the efficacy of prescribed burning, felling, and shearblading (with and without debris removal) to regenerate quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). Treatments were conducted largely during the dormant period for aspen: prescribed burns in mid-May and mechanical treatments in late August through early April. Prescribed burns on loess hills produced 40,900ߝ233,000 stems/ha by the second growing season. Low relative humidity, slope of more than 10°, southerly aspect, and juxtaposition to open areas produced fire behavior adequate to ensure top killing and vigorous sprouting response. Felling by chainsaw on loess hills produced 34,800ߝ89,800 stems/ha, whereas dozer shearblading on glacial outwash (loam over gravel) produced 74,200ߝ209,200 stems/ha (cleared portions and windrows combined) and a sandy loam floodplain produced 31,400ߝ64,800 stems/ha. Pushing debris into windrows or scraping thick moss allowed warmer soils and produced greater sprouting on cleared sites relative to sections where debris or moss remained. Mechanical treatments were 25ߝ75% of current prescribed fire costs, but debris accumulation may hinder access by browsing species and attract terrestrial predators of gallinaceous birds.
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Wiltshire, D. "NATURAL VERSUS ACTIVE REHABILITATION OF SEISMIC LINES INTHE COOPER BASIN." APPEA Journal 40, no. 1 (2000): 709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj99049.
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Extensive investigations undertaken in the Cooper Basin during the 1980s reveal that seismic lines prepared in dunefield and floodplain land systems rehabilitated naturally within a reasonable timeframe. It also appeared, however, that lines prepared in the dissected residual and gibber plains land systems would persist virtually indefinitely without active intervention. The principal issues were identified as being the ongoing aesthetic impacts of rocky windrows, ongoing expansion of erosion gullies and scars on hillsides and escarpments.Subsequently, an extensive seismic line restoration program was undertaken in gibber land units, in which graders were used to respread windrows over seismic lines, to install erosion control structures at the head of active gullies and to batter the edges of small erosion gullies. In general, the program was highly successful in reducing the visual impact of seismic lines and speeding the rehabilitation of small gullies.Active rehabilitation of large erosion gullies and scarred escarpments was not attempted, as it was considered that the process would be very expensive and would result in only marginal aesthetic improvements. Subsequent investigations have revealed that the lateral erosion and slumping of erosion gullies will, within a reasonable timeframe, result in the gullies resembling natural drainage features as revegetation occurs and the linear connection with the restored seismic line on the adjoining footslopes disappears.
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Zhou, Hao, Wenjie Gu, Wen Sun, and Anthony G. Hay. "A microbial community snapshot of windrows from a commercial composting facility." Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 102, no. 18 (2018): 8069–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-018-9201-4.
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Danilicheva, O. A., S. A. Ermakov, and G. V. Leshchev. "Observations of plastic debris localization in windrows on the water surface." Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa 22, no. 1 (2025): 205–11. https://doi.org/10.21046/2070-7401-2025-22-1-205-211.
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