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    Alkali, or Alkaline, soils are clay soils with high pH (greater than 8.5), a poor soil structure and a low infiltration capacity. Often they have a hard...
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  • chemistry, an alkali (/ˈælkəlaɪ/; from Arabic: القلوي, romanized: al-qaly, lit. 'ashes of the saltwort') is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an...
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    meanings: 1) a soil with a pH greater than 8.2, 2) soil with an exchangeable sodium content above 15% of exchange capacity. The term "alkali soil" is often...
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    the soil which would make soil draining capacity very poor. So plant roots can not penetrate deep into the soil for optimum growth in Alkali soils. When...
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    Feldspar (redirect from Alkali feldspar)
    the feldspar group are the plagioclase (sodium-calcium) feldspars and the alkali (potassium-sodium) feldspars. Feldspars make up about 60% of the Earth's...
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    The alkali metals consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). Together with...
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    leaching and decreases the phosphorus content of some leaves. Alkali soils Soil conservation Soil pH Agricultural lime Aluminum Pang, Ziqin; Tayyab, Muhammad;...
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    in the soil solution) as soils wet up or dry out, as plants take up nutrients, as salts are leached, or as acids or alkalis are added. Plant nutrient...
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  • Crop tolerance to seawater (category Agricultural soil science)
    savings and increasing concentrations of certain mineral nutrients. Alkali soil – Soil type with pH > 8.5 Biosalinity – Use of salty water for irrigation...
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    aerospace vehicles such as ballistic missiles. Tucson's dry climate and alkali soil make it an ideal location to store and preserve aircraft; more than 4...
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  • alkalinity. Acid sulfate soil Alkali soil Freshwater acidification Ocean acidification Helyar, K. R.; Porter, W. M. (1989). "2 - Soil Acidification, its Measurement...
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  • as is the case for silicon. Alkali soil Sodic soils Cation-exchange capacity Soil contamination Soil fertility Index of soil-related articles Dean 1957...
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    northern and central Mexico. It grows in many types of habitat, often in alkali soils, such as in California desert regions. Sporobolus airoides is a perennial...
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  • pollution Soil pollution — Alkali soil • Brownfield • Residual sodium carbonate index • Soil conservation • Soil erosion • Soil contamination • Soil salination...
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    Residual sodium carbonate index (category Soil chemistry)
    roots unlike high salinity water. Clay soils irrigation with high RSC index water leads to fallow alkali soils formation. RSC is expressed in meq/L units...
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    as well as by carbonating sodium hydroxide which is made using the Chlor-alkali process. Sodium carbonate is obtained as three hydrates and as the anhydrous...
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    composition cannot exceed 20%. This type is used in concrete to be exposed to alkali soil and ground water sulfates which react with (C3A) causing disruptive expansion...
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    morphology suggests that the region possesses black soils of the Chernozem group, Solonchak soils, and Alkali soils. The region is widely known for its 2010 fuel...
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    pole for support. Betel requires well-drained fertile soil. Waterlogged, saline and alkali soils are unsuitable for its cultivation. In Bangladesh, farmers...
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    Alkali feldspar granite, some varieties of which are called 'red granite', is a felsic igneous rock and a type of granite rich in the mineral potassium...
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    an agricultural product | Soil Science Society of America". www.soils.org. Genesis and Management of Sodic (Alkali) Soils. (2017). (n.p.): Scientific...
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  • acids and alkalis, and has the greatest resistance to microbial action. Soil has a crucial function in the global carbon cycle, with the global soil carbon...
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    pollution Musi River Gomti River pollution Vrishabhavathi River pollution Alkali soil Environmental impact of irrigation Environmental issues in India Indian...
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  • large part of his work involved identifying plants which grew in that alkali soil and contained substances poisonous to horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs...
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  • species from the genus of Streptomyces which has been isolated from saline-alkali soil from the Heilongjiang Province in China. List of Streptomyces species...
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    decreases salt accumulation and improves soil physicochemical properties and crop productivity in saline-alkali soils under mulched drip irrigation: A three-year...
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  • after a rainstorm, to carry salts back down to below the root zone. Alkali soil – Soil type with pH > 8.5 Arid Forest Research Institute (AFRI) – Indian...
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  • An alkali sink is a salty basin land form. In these depressions, which are found only in the San Joaquin Valley, California, rainwater drains to the basin...
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    saline or alkali soils. The water percolation in alkali soils is very poor leading to waterlogging problems. The proliferation of alkali soils would compel...
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  • the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated from saline-alkali soil from Shache County. "Species: Alkalihalobacillus shacheensis". lpsn.dsmz...
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