• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.282-291
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• 2022

Background: The Arctic permafrost stores enormous amount of carbon (C), about one third of global C stocks. However, drastically increasing temperature in the Arctic makes the stable frozen C stock vulnerable to microbial decomposition. The released carbon dioxide from permafrost can cause accelerating C feedback to the atmosphere. Soil organic matter (SOM) composition would be the basic information to project the trajectory of C under rapidly changing climate. However, not many studies on SOM characterization have been done compared to quantification of SOM stocks. Thus, the purpose of our study is to determine soil properties and molecular compositions of SOM in four different Arctic regions. We collected soils in different soil layers from 1) Cambridge Bay, Canada, 2) Council, Alaska, USA, 3) Svalbard, Norway, and 4) Zackenberg, Greenland. The basic soil properties were measured, and the molecular composition of SOM was analyzed through pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (py-GC/MS). Results: The Oi layer of soil in Council, Alaska showed the lowest soil pH and the highest electrical conductivity (EC) and SOM content. All soils in each site showed increasing pH and decreasing SOC and EC values with soil depth. Since the Council site was moist acidic tundra compared to other three dry tundra sites, soil properties were distinct from the others: high SOM and EC, and low pH. Through the py-GC/MS analysis, a total of 117 pyrolysis products were detected from 32 soil samples of four different Arctic soils. The first two-axis of the PCA explained 38% of sample variation. While short- and mid-hydrocarbons were associated with mineral layers, lignins and polysaccharides were linked to organic layers of Alaska and Cambridge Bay soil. Conclusions: We conclude that the py-GC/MS results separated soil samples mainly based on the origin of SOM (plants- or microbially-derived). This molecular characteristics of SOM can play a role of controlling SOM degradation to warming. Thus, it should be further investigated how the SOM molecular characteristics have impacts on SOM dynamics through additional laboratory incubation studies and microbial decomposition measurements in the field.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.198-202
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• 2010

A study was conducted to find out the relationship of physico-chemical properties (viz. organic carbon(OC), pH, electrical conductivity, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content) of ginger growing soil with incidence percentage of rhizome rot and wilt disease complex of ginger. Organic carbon content and pH of the ginger soil contributed significantly (93%) in the prediction of ginger rhizome rot and wilt disease complex incidence with negative correlation. Soil having weak acidic reaction with OC percent greater than 2.25 was observed to have the lower average incidence of the disease.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2016

DTPA (Diethelene-triamine pentaacetic acid) extractable micronutrients of surface soil samples from six different locations of Cox's Bazar and Chittagong districts were studied. All the soils under study were sufficient in DTPA extractable Fe, Mn and Cu contents. The available Zn contents in soils of Dulhazara, Chengchhari and Faissakhali under study were also above the critical limit while soils at Fulchhari, Hasnabad and CU were deficient in available Zn. The study also showed that DTPA extractable Fe content had the significant and positive relationships with clay and soil organic carbon. On the hand, negative and significant relationship was observed between extractable Mn and soil pH while DTPA extractable Zn and Cu were positively and significantly correlated with soil organic carbon of the studied area.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2020

BACKGROUND: Soil carbon sequestration has been investigated for a long time because of its potential to mitigate the greenhouse effect. No- or reduced tillage, crop rotations, or cover crops have been investigated and practiced to sequester carbon in soils but the roles of soil biota, particularly microorganisms, have been mostly ignored although they affect the amount and stability of soil organic matters. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study we analyzed the organic matter and microbial community in organically cultivated corn field soils where no-tillage (NT) or conventional tillage (CT) had been practiced for about three years. The amounts of organic matter and recalcitrant carbon pool were 18.3 g/kg dry soil and 4.1 g C/kg dry soil, respectively in NT soils, while they were 12.4 and 2.5, respectively in CT soils. The amounts of RNA and DNA, and the copy numbers of bacterial 16S rRNA genes and fungal ITS sequences were higher in NT soils than in CT soils. No-tillage treatment increased the diversities of soil bacterial and fungal communities and clearly shifted the bacterial and fungal community structures. In NT soils the relative abundances of bacterial phyla known as copiotrophs, Betaproteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, increased while those known as oligotrophs, Acidobacteria and Verrucomicrobia, decreased compared to CT soils. The relative abundance of a fungal phylum, Glomeromycota, whose members are known as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, was about two time higher in NT soils than in CT soils, suggesting that the higher amount of organic matter in NT soils is related to its abundance. CONCLUSION: This study shows that no-tillage treatment greatly affects soil microbial abundance and community structure, which may affect the amount and stability of soil organic matter.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2017

농법에 따른 토양성분과 $N_2O$ 발생량, 탈질세균 수, 탈질세균의 군집 구조와 T-RFLP 패턴을 계절별로 조사하였다. 토양성분 분석결과 총 탄소량과 총 유기탄소량은 유기농법에서 각각 1.57%, 1.28%, 무농약 농법은 1.52%, 1.24%, 관행농법은 1.40%, 0.95%로 친환경농법에서 유기 탄소량이 비교적 높게 나타났다. $N_2O$ 발생량은 5월과 11월 토양이 높았지만 속도는 8월 토양이 빨랐다. 탈질세균 수는 유기농토양은 평균 $1.32{\times}10^4MPN/g$,무농약 토양은 평균 $1.17{\times}10^4MPN/g$, 관행농 토양은 평균 $6.29{\times}10^3MPN/g$으로 친환경농법 토양이 관행농법 토양에 비해 탈질세균 수가 많은 것을 확인하였다. 계통수 분석 결과, 전체 10개 Cluster 중 유기농법 토양이 6개의 Cluster에 분포되어 친환경 농법 토양이 다양한 군집을 갖는 것을 확인하였다. T-RFLP 패턴의 PCA profile 분석 결과, 유기농법은 넓은 분포를, 관행농법은 좁은 범위의 분포를 나타내고, 무농약농법은 유기농법과 관행농법의 중간에 분포하는 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 계절과 농법에 따라 탈질세균의 분포와 군집구조가 달라지는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.163-173
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• 2018

Background: Deforestation and degradation are currently affecting the ecosystem services of forests. Among the ecosystem services affected by deforestation and degradation are the amount of soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) stored in forest soils which have greater impacts in global climate change. This study aimed at examining the amount of SOC and TN in the forest fragments which were separated from the continuous tracts of forests of Jibat and Chillimo through fragmentation processes over four decades. Methods: We have sampled soils from 15 forest fragments of Chillimo and Jibat in the central highlands of Ethiopia. The soil samples obtained in two separate soil depths (0-30 and 30-60 cm) were bulked, dried, and sieved for analysis. Results: Our results have shown that the two sites (Jibat and Chillimo forest fragments) differed in their SOC and TN contents. While the values for Jibat were found to be 29.89 Mg/ha of SOC and 2.84 Mg/ha for TN, it was 14. 06 Mg/ha of SOC and 1.40 Mg/ha for TN for Chillimo. When all forest fragment soil samples were bulked together, Jibat site had twice the value of SOC and TN than Chillimo. When disaggregated on the basis of each fragments, there existed differences in SOC (1.86 Mg/ha and 42.15 Mg/ha) and TN (0.24 Mg/ha and 4.23 Mg/ha) values. Among the forest fragments, fragment four ($F_4$) had the highest Relative Soil Improvement Index (RSII) value of 3826.82% and fragment fifteen ($F_{15}$) had the lowest RSII value (726.87%) which indicated that the former had a better quality of soil properties than the latter. Conclusion: SOC and TN differed across sampled fragments and sites. Variations in soil properties are the reflections of inherent soil parent material, aboveground vegetation, human interferences, and other physical factors. Such differences could be very important for identifying intervention measures for restoration and enhancing ecosystem services of those fragments.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.489-496
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• 2013

지하수계의 근간을 이루는 토양시스템은 유기화학물질에 오염되기 쉬운 환경에 놓인다. 이러한 토양의 유기화학물질 침투 거동을 평가하기 위해 점토, 실트 및 모래로 구성된 실험장치에 유기화학 물질 이동실험을 하였다. Chloroform, 1,1,1-trichloroethane 및 trichloroethylene은 토양을 통해 이동이 쉽게 이루어지며, 투과된 오염물질의 질량은 전체 질량의 최소 4.6에서 최대 19.2% 범위를 보였다. Tetrachloroethylene Tetrachloroethylene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene 및 1,3-dichlorobenzene은 토양 흡착에 의해 이동이 지연되어졌으며, 각 매개체의 0.6 ~ 4.8%가 표층에서 여과되는데 이용되었다. Carbon tetrachloride는 거의 투과되지 못하였고, 단지 0.1 ~ 0.4% 질량만이 침투거동에 도달하였다. Bromoform은 거의 투과되지 못하였으며, 브롬화(Br) 화합물의 중간 전환물질로도 확인되었다. 유기화학오염물들의 이동은 토양입자크기 및 수리전도도 등에 따라 달라진다고 여겨지나 본 연구에서는 유기화학오염물들의 이동은 점토, 실트 토양보다 모래 토양에서 더욱 빠르게 나타났다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 1997년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.179-186
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• 1997

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2002년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.246-249
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• 2002

Black shale that has relatively high organic carbon content was tested to determine its sorption phenomena and capacity for TCE. Conventional batch sorption tests were peformed at room temperature. The parameters that were thought to affect the TCE sorption were solution pH and dissolved organic matter. The effect of solution pH on TCE sorption was minimal, but the dissolved organic matter increased the amount of TCE sorbed on black shale. Thus, using black shale as sorbent for TCE in groundwater could save material costs by replacing high cost conventional activated organic carbon.

• 아시안잔디학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.81-86
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• 1991

The sludge, a waste of brewery industries, was examined for potentials as a natural organic fertilizer (or soil conditioner) for lawn. Trial products were measured for changes of physical, chemical properties in laboratory and seed germination and seedling growth in green house were also tested. The results are as the following:1The sludge from distilled liquor brewery contained high quantity of organic matter which had proper physical and chemical properties for lawn fertilizer (natural organic fertilizer, soil conditioner, top-dressing mix) . It showed good characteristics in handling and capabilities to be developed as commercial products for golf courses. 2.Sludge from beer company needs proper treatment to improve physical properties for futher degradiation. It is because aggregation of the sludge particles prevented microbial activities and changing to soluble form. 3.Green carbon can be used as carbon source for organic fertilizer production using brewery sludge, but it should not contain wood extract which inhibit seed germination and seedling growth.