Dry land agriculture using summer fallow is a common crop production
practice in the Columbia Plateau region of eastern Oregon. Farmed-over level
terraces are used to control surface water runoff and soil erosion. More than
70 percent of the average annual precipitation around Pendleton, Oregon (350 -
400 mm) falls...
Globally, the forestry sector is the second largest contributor of greenhouse gases, and sustainable forest management is a major target of international environmental policy. However, there is the assumption underlying many policy recommendations that an increase in above-ground carbon stocks correspond to long term increases in ecosystem carbon stocks, the...
Soils of 49 agricultural and 2 "native condition" sites in the Lower Umatilla Basin,
Oregon were sampled for nitrate-nitrogen, ammonium-nitrogen, chloride, and pH
beginning in Fall of 1992. Several sites were sampled in Spring and Fall 1993 in order to
indicate movement or loss of residual soil nitrogen over time....
Representative sites of the Dayton, Woodburn, Jory, Quillayute, Astoria, Willamette, Walla Walla, Deschutes, Laki and Owyhee soil series were investigated for seasonal changes in exchangeable potassium in air dry samples. No consistent seasonal variations were found which could be attributed to wetting and drying in the field. Cropping reduced the...
Incubation experiments with an acid poorly drained soil have
shown that the application of neutral soluble salts influenced the level
of extractable Mn. The application of a salt which lowered the soil
pH either increased the extractable Mn or retarded the oxidation
and/or fixation of extractable Mn. This effect was...