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Soil carbon and nitrogen losses following deforestation in Ethiopia by Berihu, Tesfay, Girmay, Gebreyohannes, Sebhatleab, Mulugeta, Berhane, Emiru, Zenebe, Amanuel, Sigua, Gilbert C.

“…Ethiopia faces high risk of soil carbon depletion for nearly half of its total land mass largely due to forest clearing and continuous cultivation. Conversion…”
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Genetic Diversity and Geographical Distribution of Indigenous Soybean-Nodulating Bradyrhizobia in the United States by SHIRO, Sokichi, MATSUURA, Syota, SAIKI, Rina, SIGUA, Gilbert C, YAMAMOTO, Akihiro, UMEHARA, Yosuke, HAYASHI, Masaki, SAEKI, Yuichi

“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Biochar Stability in a Highly Weathered Sandy Soil under Four Years of Continuous Corn Production by Novak, Jeffrey Michael, Watts, Donald William, Sigua, Gilbert C., Myers, William Tillman, Ducey, Thomas F., Rushmiller, Hannah C.

“…Biochar is being considered a climate change mitigation tool by increasing soil organic carbon contents (SOC), however, questions remain concerning its…”
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Corn Grain and Stover Nutrient Uptake Responses from Sandy Soil Treated with Designer Biochars and Compost by Novak, Jeffrey M., Watts, Donald W., Sigua, Gilbert C., Ducey, Thomas F.

“…Biochars are used for soil fertility improvement because they may contain certain elements that plants use as nutrients. However, few studies have demonstrated…”
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Recycling biosolids and lake-dredged materials to pasture-based animal agriculture: alternative nutrient sources for forage productivity and sustainability. A review by Sigua, Gilbert C.

“…Domestic sewage sludge or biosolids and lake-dredged materials are examples of materials that can be used to cut fertilizer costs in pasture-based animal…”
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Phytostabilization of Zn and Cd in Mine Soil Using Corn in Combination with Biochars and Manure-Based Compost by Gilbert C. Sigua, Jeff M. Novak, Don W. Watts, Jim A. Ippolito, Thomas F. Ducey, Mark G. Johnson, Kurt A. Spokas

“…Mining activities could produce a large volume of spoils, waste rocks, and tailings, which are usually deposited at the surface and become a source of metal…”
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Designer Biochars Impact on Corn Grain Yields, Biomass Production, and Fertility Properties of a Highly-Weathered Ultisol by Jeffrey M. Novak, Gilbert C. Sigua, Thomas F. Ducey, Donald W. Watts, Kenneth C. Stone

“…There are mixed reports for biochars' ability to increase corn grain and biomass yields. The objectives of this experiment were to conduct a three-year corn…”
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Microbial Response to Phytostabilization in Mining Impacted Soils Using Maize in Conjunction with Biochar and Compost by Ducey, Thomas F, Sigua, Gilbert C, Novak, Jeffrey M, Ippolito, James A, Spokas, Kurt A, Johnson, Mark G

“…Even after remediation, mining impacted soils can leave behind a landscape inhospitable to plant growth and containing residual heavy metals. While…”
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Nitrogen Mineralization in a Sandy Soil Amended with Treated Low-Phosphorus Broiler Litter by Ariel A. Szogi, Paul D. Shumaker, Kyoung S. Ro, Gilbert C. Sigua

“…Low-phosphorus (P) litter, a manure treatment byproduct, can be used as an organic soil amendment and nitrogen (N) source but its effect on N mineralization is…”
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Remediation of an acidic mine spoil: Miscanthus biochar and lime amendment affects metal availability, plant growth, and soil enzyme activity by Novak, Jeffrey M., Ippolito, James A., Ducey, Thomas F., Watts, Donald W., Spokas, Kurt A., Trippe, Kristin M., Sigua, Gilbert C., Johnson, Mark G.

“…Biochar may be a tool for mine spoil remediation; however, its mechanisms for achieving this goal remain unclear. In this study, Miscanthus (Miscanthus…”
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Activation of fulvic acid-like in paper mill effluents using H2O2/TiO2 catalytic oxidation: Characterization and salt stress bioassays by Yao, Yuanyuan, Wang, Chun, Wang, Xiaoqi, Yang, Yuechao, Wan, Yongshan, Chen, Jianqiu, Ding, Fangjun, Tang, Yafu, Wang, Zhonghua, Liu, Lu, Xie, JiaZhuo, Gao, Bin, Li, Yuncong C., Sigua, Gilbert C.

“…[Display omitted] •Catalytic oxidation (H2O2) is used to activate fulvic acid-like in paper mill effluent.•Activated fulvic acid-like features lower molecular…”
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Changes in Population Occupancy of Bradyrhizobia under Different Temperature Regimes by Saeki, Yuichi, Ozumi, Satoru, Yamamoto, Akihiro, Umehara, Yosuke, Hayashi, Masaki, Sigua, Gilbert C.

“…To elucidate how temperature affects bradyrhizobial ecology, long-term incubations of Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 6T, 38, and 123 and of Bradyrhizobium…”
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Controlled‐Release Nitrogen Fertilizer Improved Lodging Resistance and Potassium and Silicon Uptake of Direct‐Seeded Rice by Zhang, Shugang, Yang, Yuechao, Zhai, Weiwei, Tong, Zhaohui, Shen, Tianlin, Li, Yuncong C., Zhang, Min, Sigua, Gilbert C., Chen, Jianqiu, Ding, Fangjun

“…ABSTRACT Lodging is a severe problem for rice (Oryza sativa L.) because it interferes with mechanical harvesting, and potentially results total crop loss. This…”
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Evaluation of phosphorus runoff from sandy soils under conservation tillage with surface broadcasted recovered phosphates by Sohoulande, Clement D.D., Szogi, Ariel A., Stone, Kenneth C., Sigua, Gilbert C., Martin, Jerry H., Shumaker, Paul D., Bauer, Phil J.

“…Potential new sources of phosphorus (P) fertilizer are the recovered P from livestock wastewater through chemical precipitation and the ash from combusting…”
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Biochar compost blends facilitate switchgrass growth in mine soils by reducing Cd and Zn bioavailability by Novak, Jeffrey M., Ippolito, James A., Watts, Donald W., Sigua, Gilbert C., Ducey, Thomas F., Johnson, Mark G.

“…Biochars have the potential to reclaim mine-impacted soils; however, their variable physico-chemical properties incite speculation about their successful…”
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Conservation agriculture improves yield and reduces weeding activity in sandy soils of Cambodia by Edralin, Don A., Sigua, Gilbert C., Reyes, Manuel R., Mulvaney, Michael J., Andrews, Susan S.

“…The years of intensive tillage in Cambodia have caused significant decline in agriculture’s natural resources that could threaten its future of agricultural…”
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Phosphorus dynamics and phosphatase activity of soils under corn production with supplemental irrigation in humid coastal plain region, USA by Sigua, Gilbert C., Stone, Kenneth C., Bauer, Philip J., Szogi, Ariel A.

“…A 3-year (2013–2015) field study was conducted to evaluate the effect of integrated nutrient management (NM) and three irrigation scheduling methods (IS):…”
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Innovative Animal Manure Management for Environmental Protection, Improved Soil Fertility, and Crop Production by Kyoung S. Ro, Ariel A. Szogi, Gilbert C. Sigua

“…Traditionally, livestock manure has been used to provide nutrients for plant growth and to improve soil conditions [...]…”
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Sustainable cow-calf operations and water quality: A review by Sigua, Gilbert C.

“…As animal agriculture has evolved to larger production operations in subtropical regions of United States, the problems associated with manure handling,…”
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Spatial distribution of soil carbon in pastures with cow-calf operation: effects of slope aspect and slope position by Sigua, Gilbert C, Coleman, Samuel W

“…Background, aim, and scope The rate at which soil carbon (C) accumulates in terrestrial beef agro-ecosystem is uncertain, as are the mechanisms responsible for…”
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