Synthesis of biochar from sugarcane filter-cake and its impacts on physiological performance of lettuce (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Lettuce sativa</Emphasis>) grown on cadmium contaminated soil     

Anum Sehar  Rukhsanda Aziz  Muhammad Tariq Rafiq  Muhammad Mazhar Hussain  Muhammad Rizwan  Adiba Khan Sehrish  Muhammad Khalid Rafiq  Jalal ud Din  Qaiser Hussain  Mohammad I. Al-Wabel  Shafaqat Ali 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2018,11(20):634

Soil contamination with cadmium has become major concern all over the world because of its adverse impacts on ecosystem health and agricultural land. Soil amendment with biochar may have varied effects on physical and chemical properties of soil. The objective of the study was to explore the impact of sugarcane filter-cake biochar on physiological performance and growth of lettuce in an aged soil. Four different doses (0, 1.5%, 3%, and 5%) of biochar were used in the soil and conditioned for 1 month. After this, lettuce seedlings were grown in the soil. The results showed that the biochar treatment improved the fresh and dry biomass of leaves and roots as well as plant height while diminished the bioavailability of cadmium from the soil. As compared to control, biochar significantly enhanced the chlorophyll content in lettuce leaves. Due to the biochar amendment, the oxidative stress decreased in lettuce shoots over the control. As compared to control, concentration of cadmium in lettuce significantly decreased after the application of biochar. It was concluded that biochar could mitigate the toxicity of cadmium in lettuce by altering the biochemical and physiological processes in cadmium contaminated soil.  相似文献   

Climate change-induced hazards and local adaptations in agriculture: a study from Koshi River Basin,Nepal     

Hussain  Abid  Rasul  Golam  Mahapatra  Bidhubhusan  Wahid  Shahriar  Tuladhar  Sabarnee 《Natural Hazards》2018,91(3):1365-1383

Natural Hazards - Changes in climate, associated hazards, local adaptations in agriculture, and socioeconomic factors affecting adaptation were investigated using data from a large survey of 2310...  相似文献   

Development of a rainwater harvesting system for increasing soil moisture in arid rangelands of Pakistan     

Sheikh Suleman  M. Karl Wood  Bashir Hussain Shah  Leigh Murray   《Journal of Arid Environments》1995,31(4)

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Preferential solution of234U from recoil tracks and234U/238U radioactive disequilibrium in natural waters     

N Hussain  D Lal 《Journal of Earth System Science》1986,95(2):245-263

A mathematical model to calculate the²³⁴U/²³⁸U activity ratio (AR) in an aqueous phase in contact with rock/soil is presented. The model relies on the supply of²³⁸U by dissolution and that of²³⁴U by dissolution and preferential release from radiation damaged regions (recoil tracks). The model predicts that values of²³⁴U/²³⁸U AR>1 in the aqueous phase can be obtained only from weathering “virgin” surfaces. Thus, to account for the observed steady-state supply of²³⁴U excess to the oceans by the preferential leaching model, ‘virgin’ rock/soil surfaces would have to be continually exposed and weathered. The²³⁸U concentration and²³⁴U/²³⁸U AR in continental waters allow us to estimate the exposure rates of “virgin” rock/soil surfaces.  相似文献   

Effect of clayey media parameters on the negative response of a coincident loop1     

Hesham M. El-Kaliouby  Safwat A. Hussain  Abd El-Rahim Bayoumi  Essam A.El-diwany  Essam A. Hashish 《Geophysical Prospecting》1995,43(5):595-603

The aim of this work is to consider the phenomenon of negative response and its detectability in a polarizable half-space formed of Clay-water mixture which commonly exists in water aquifers and which can be used as a simple indicator of the presence of Underground water. We make use of an analytical treatment for the transient voltage induced in a coincident loop lying on a half-space as a basis for our computations. A Cole-Cole model is used to represent the Clay with appropriate parameters. As saturated Clay is characterized by high conductivity and moderate chargeability, it is hardly detectable relative to the practical noise level. However, there are optimum Clay parameters that offer a maximum negative response. It is also observed that for a very short time constant τ in the Cole-Cole model, the amplitude of the negative response decreases with the decrease of the time constant due to the fast decay of the polarization current. Finally, it is found that there is an optimum value for the loop radius which gives the largest value of the negative response and this loop radius depends on the model parameters.  相似文献   

ANALYSIS OF SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN LAHORE AND MIANWALI OVER THE PAST THREE DECADES          下载免费PDF全文

Mian M. Munir  K. Hussain  M. S. Zafar 《Acta Meteorologica Sinica》1995,9(1):123-128

Surface air temperatures recorded over the past three decades at the weather stations located in Lahore (anindustrialized and densely populated city) and Mianwali (a small and sparsely populated city) were analyzed in order tostudy their climatic trend.Lahore,where meteorological data are recorded at two weather stations (city station and air-port station) indicates a cooling trend,of about 0.5℃ per record period of 1953—1992,for the airport station (31°31′N,74°24′E) and a slight warming trend,of about 0.2℃,for the city station (31°33′N,74°20′E) for the record period of 1950—1992.The Mianwali weather station (32°33′N,71°31′E) also shows a slight cooling trend,of about 0.4℃ per recordperiod of 1959—1992.The climatic variability at these stations was studied by computing seasonal and annual tempera-ture anomalies.The results are explained in terms of the local environmental conditions.  相似文献   

Quantification of suspended solids in Dal lake,Srinagar using remote sensing technology     

M. M. Wani  V. K. Choubey  Himanshu Joshi 《Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing》1996,24(1):25-32

Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS)-1B, Linear Imaging Self Scanner (LISS)-II spectral digital data was analysed to determine the feasibility of quantifying the concentration of suspended solids in the surface water of inland water body, Dal lake, in Srinagar, India. The water samples collected in concurrent with IRS-1B overpass, were analysed to determine the concentration of suspended solids. The results indicate that a positive functional relationship exist between the concentration of suspended solids and the visible wave length bands 1 and 3 and near infrared band 4. It has been observed that as the concentration of suspended solids increase, the spectral response also increases. It is concluded that IRS LISS-H data can be effectively used to quantify suspended sediment concentration in the Dal lake surface water.  相似文献   

Geochemistry of Dharwar metavolcanics and composition of the primeval crust of the peninsular India     

S.M. Naqvi  S.M. Hussain 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》1973,37(1):159-164

The chemical composition of the Dharwar metavolcanic suite from Chitaldrug is found to be similar to that of early Precambrian metabasalts from Canadian and Australian Shields. Its low K₂O content and the similarities in the ferromagnesium trace elements with those of oceanic olivine normative tholeiites indicate a low K₂O oceanic type of original magma. It is suggested that a protocontinent having a thin crust approaching basic composition existed during the pre-Dharwar era.  相似文献   

Mercury in Australian oysters     

M Hussain  E.L Bleiler 《Marine pollution bulletin》1973,4(3):44-45

Oysters destined for the table in Sydney are alleged to be contaminated with mercury. Analyses performed by the New South Wales Department of Health show that they contain no more mercury than oysters far from sources of pollution.  相似文献   

An Artificial Intelligent design for GPS Surveying Networks     

Hussain?Aziz?SalehEmail author 《GPS Solutions》2003,7(2):101-108

Metaheuristic techniques, which are based on ideas of Artificial Intelligence, are among the best methods for solving computationally the GPS surveying network problem. In this paper, the ant colony optimization metaheuristic, which is inspired by the behavior of real ant colonies, is developed to efficiently provide a general framework for optimizing GPS surveying networks. In this framework, a set of ants co-operate together using an indirect communication procedure to find good GPS observation schedules. A GPS surveying network can be defined as a set of stations, co-ordinated by a series of sessions formed by placing receivers on the stations. The problem is to search for the best order in which to observe these sessions to give the best schedule at minimum cost. Computational results obtained by applying the proposed technique on several networks, with known and unknown optimal schedules, prove the effectiveness of the proposed metaheuristic technique to solve the GPS surveying network problem.  相似文献