• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2022

Fertilizers have long been used to increase crop yields; however, farmers are still having difficulties in managing fertilizers for growing crops as well as economic problems. The conventional method of soil sampling and laboratory analysis to determine soil pH is time consuming and costly; therefore, a portable pH sensor is developed to characterize spatial or temporal variability within fields via rapid and dense data acquisition. The portable pH sensor comprises an electrode unit, a portable console, and a USB connector. The soil water content (SWC) and electrical conductivity (EC) affect the electrical resistance of soil. An artificial test soil is performed to evaluate the effect of SWC and EC on soil pH. The test results show that stable pH measurements are achieved at SWCs greater than 20 mL (16.3%). Regardless of the SWC, the electric potential difference (EPD) remains at 2.5 g of NaCl. As the EC increases in the soil samples, the EPD increases.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.295-302
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• 2021

Cross-borehole electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is an effective groundwater detection tool in geophysical investigations. In this paper, an artificial water injection test was conducted on a small clay sample, where the high-resolution cross-borehole ERT was used to investigate the moisture migration law over time. The moisture migration path can be two-dimensionally imaged based on the relationship between resistivity and saturation. The hydraulic conductivity was estimated, and the magnitude ranged from 10^-11 m/s to 10^-9 m/s according to the comparison between the simulation flow and the saturation distribution inferred from ERT. The results indicate that cross-borehole ERT could help determine the resistivity distribution of small size clay samples. Finally, the cross-borehole ERT technique has been applied to investigate the self-sealing characteristics of clay.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1363-1370
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• 2015

This study was aimed to determine effects of soil organic amendment as plant growing media component on restoration of planting ground. The changes of soil physical and chemical properties and germination and growth of kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) were investigated. For treatments, soil was excavated at depth of 0-50 cm (referred as $S_1$) and at depth of 50-100 cm (referred as $S_2$). Then the half amount of $S_1$ soil was mixed with the soil organic amendment (coir dust 40% (v/v), bottom ash 25%, leaf mold 25%, vermiculite 5%, carbonized rice hull 5%) at a rate of 6% (v/v) (referred as $S_1CC$) and also the half amount of $S_2$ soil was mixed with the soil organic amendment at a rate of 6% (v/v) (referred as $S_2CC$) on pot in a 16 cm diameter and 14 cm height. The experiment was replicated 3 times with 3 pots per replication in randomized block design, and 100 seeds were planted per pot. In results, there was no significant difference in soil pH among the treatments with a slight decrease in soil hydraulic conductivity. However, in the $S_1CC$ treatment, positive increases in soil chemical properties, including electrical conductivity, organic matter, phosphoric acid, total nitrogen, exchangeable cation, and cation exchange capacity. Also, the germination rate, plant height, and number of leaves were higher in the $S_1CC$ treatment than those in other treatments. These results suggest that the addition of organic amendment to the soil at depth of 0-50 cm might be proper for restoring planting ground.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.113-118
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• 2003

국내 3대 절화류중 하나인 장미의 시설재배지 토양 화학적 특성을 조사하기 위하여 전국 72개 절화 장미 시설 재배 농가를 대상으로 본 조사을 수행하였다. 조사지역의 평균 토성분포는 양토 43%, 미사질식양토 19%, 식양토 17%를 차지하였으며, 표토의 평균 양분함량은 pH 5.85, 전기 전도도 $3.61dS\;m^{-1}$, 유기물 함량 $37g\;kg^{-1}$, 질산태 질소 $205mg\;kg^{-1}$, 유효인산 $844mg\;kg^{-1}$, 그리고 교환성 칼륨 $1.41cmol_c\;kg^{-1}$이었다. 유효인산과 교환성 칼륨은 조사지역의 70% 이상이 적정 수준 이상이었으며, 토양양분함량 중 유기물 함량은 레드 산드라 품종의 절화장과 정의 상관관계를 보였으나 전기 전도도와는 부의 상관관계를 보였다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.701-707
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• 2019

Highland farming is agriculture that takes place 400 m above sea level and typically involves both low temperatures and long sunshine hours. Most highland Chinese cabbages are harvested in the Gangwon province. The Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) has been deployed to observe Chinese cabbages growth because of the lack of installed weather stations in the highlands. Five representative Chinese cabbage cultivation spots were selected for USN and meteorological data collection between 2015 and 2017. The purpose of this study is to develop a weight prediction model for Chinese cabbages using the meteorological and growth data that were collected one week prior. Both a regression and random forest model were considered for this study, with the regression assumptions being satisfied. The Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) was used to evaluate the predictive performance of the models. The variables influencing the weight of cabbage were the number of cabbage leaves, wind speed, precipitation and soil electrical conductivity in the regression model. In the random forest model, cabbage width, the number of cabbage leaves, soil temperature, precipitation, temperature, soil moisture at a depth of 30 cm, cabbage leaf width, soil electrical conductivity, humidity, and cabbage leaf length were screened. The RMSE of the random forest model was 265.478, a value that was relatively lower than that of the regression model (404.493); this is because the random forest model could explain nonlinearity.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.321-328
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• 1998

To describe the major environmental factors operating in coastal wetland and to characterize the distribution of the plant species over the wetland in relation to the major environmental gradients, 12 soil physical and chemical properties were determined. The gradient of water and osmotic potential of soil, electrical conductivity, sodium and chloride content and soil texture alsong the three habitat types of salt marshes, salt swamp and sand dune were occurred. The 24 coastal plant communities from principal component analysis (PCA) on the 12 variables were at designated as a gradient for soil texture and water potential related with salinity by Axis I and as a gradient for soil moisture and total nitrogen gradient by Axis II On Axis I were divided into 3 groups (1) 9 salt marsh communities including Salicornia herbacea communities (2) 5 salt swamp communities including Scirpus fluviatilis communities and (3) 10 sand dune communities including Jmperata cylindrica communities on Axis II were divided into 2 groups (1) salt marsh and sand dune communities, and (2) 3 salt swamp communities. The results could account for the zonation of plant communities on coastal wetland observed alsong envionmental gradients.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.324-329
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• 2008

A coal mine drainage sludge(designated as CMDS) is mainly generated during physicochemical treatment or electrical purification of the drainage abandoned mine that include dissolved heavy metal. To understand the possibility of an application of the dehydrated CMDS as the landfill cover medium of hygienic a reclaimed ground, an laboratory experiment was performed to investigate the physicochemical and geoengineering characteristics of the dehydrated CMDS. To improve the geoengineering characteristics of the dehydrated CMDS, the liquid limit, plasticity limit test, compaction method test, strength test, and hydraulic conductivity test ware performed with the lithification material mixed sludge. When the mixed ratio of the sludge and the lithification material was more than 1:06, the compaction method was A method, the moisture content less than 33.5%, the strength of mixed sludge was $8.2kg\;cm^{-2}$, the hydraulic conductivity was $2.7\times10^{-6}cm\;sec^{-1}$, the sludge was up to the landfill standard of US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA).

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2003

토양전기전도도는 토양의 염분농도의 주요 지표인데 표준방법으로 토양포화침출액의 전기전도도를 측정하여 사용하고 있다. 그러나 많은 토양 염분농도 관련 자료들이 토양과 물의 1:5 희석법으로 측정하고 있으며 환산 계수를 곱하여 염분%로도 제시되고 있다. 따라서 포화침출액법과 1:5 희석법으로 측정하여 제시되어 있는 자료 및 염분%로 표시되어 있는 자료들을 상호비교하는 데 있어서 필요한 환산계수를 도출하였다. 우리나라 서남해안에 조성된 9개 간척지에서 토양시료 90점을 채취 분석하여 2가지 토성조건과 5수준의 염분농도 조건별로 환산계수를 산출하였다. 포화침출액법과 1:5 희석법간의 환산 회귀식은 미사 함량 50%이상인 토양의 경우 DF1:5=1.3624ln(ECe)+5.1386 ($r^2=0.37^{***}$) 이었고 미사 함량이 50%이하인 토양의 경우 DF1:5=1.9505ln(ECe)+5.3679 ($r^2=0.66^{***}$) 이었으며, 토성을 고려하지 않은 전체 토양의 경우에는 DF1:5=1.4001ln(ECe)+5.4865 ($r^2=0.51^{***}$) 이었다. 이들 관계식을 토대로 하여 EC1:5와 염분%로 제시된 자료들을 ECe로 환산할 수 있는 계수 DF1:5와 DF%를 산출하여 제시하였다.

• 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.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2003

This research was conducted to investigate the influences of the solifluction soil and amount of flow on the stream water quality of the Bukhansan National Park from March to october, 2002. The average pH of stream water was higher than that caused by solifluction soil. The average electrical conductivity of upstream water was about 2.1~2.8 times lower than that of downstream water. Linear regression analysis showed that pH and amount of anion($Cl^-$, ${NO_3}^-$, ${SO_4}^{2-}$) of stream water were very significantly correlated with those at the caused by solifluction soil. Structures for erosion control along both sides of stream channel should be designed in order not to influence upon solifluction soil and stream water quality.