TY  - JOUR
A1  - Akimbekov, Nuraly S.
A1  - Qiao, Xiaohui
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Abdieva, Gulzhamal
A1  - Ualieva, Perizat
A1  - Zhubanova, Azhar
T1  - The effect of leonardite-derived amendments on soil microbiome structure and potato yield
JF  - Agriculture
N2  - Humic substances originating from various organic matters can ameliorate soil properties, stimulate plant growth, and improve nutrient uptake. Due to the low calorific heating value, leonardite is rather unsuitable as fuel. However, it may serve as a potential source of humic substances. This study was aimed at characterizing the leonardite-based soil amendments and examining the effect of their application on the soil microbial community, as well as on potato growth and tuber yield. A high yield (71.1%) of humic acid (LHA) from leonardite has been demonstrated. Parental leonardite (PL) and LHA were applied to soil prior to potato cultivation. The 16S rRNA sequencing of soil samples revealed distinct relationships between microbial community composition and the application of leonardite-based soil amendments. Potato tubers were planted in pots in greenhouse conditions. The tubers were harvested at the mature stage for the determination of growth and yield parameters. The results demonstrated that the LHA treatments had a significant effect on increasing potato growth (54.9%) and tuber yield (66.4%) when compared to the control. The findings highlight the importance of amending leonardite-based humic products for maintaining the biogeochemical stability of soils, for keeping their healthy microbial community structure, and for increasing the agronomic productivity of potato plants.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10050147
VL  - 10
IS  - Art. 147
SP  - 1
EP  - 17
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tran, Ngoc Trinh
A1  - Staat, Manfred
T1  - Direct plastic structural design under lognormally distributed strength by chance constrained programming
JF  - Optimization and Engineering
N2  - We propose the so-called chance constrained programming model of stochastic programming theory to analyze limit and shakedown loads of structures under random strength with a lognormal distribution. A dual chance constrained programming algorithm is developed to calculate simultaneously both the upper and lower bounds of the plastic collapse limit and the shakedown limit. The edge-based smoothed finite element method (ES-FEM) is used with three-node linear triangular elements.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-019-09437-2
SN  - 1573-2924
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
SP  - 131
EP  - 157
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gossmann, Matthias
A1  - Thomas, Ulrich
A1  - Horváth, András
A1  - Dragicevic, Elena
A1  - Stoelzle-Feix, Sonja
A1  - Jung, Alexander
A1  - Raman, Aravind Hariharan
A1  - Staat, Manfred
A1  - Linder, Peter
T1  - A higher-throughput approach to investigate cardiac contractility in vitro under physiological mechanical conditions
JF  - Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vascn.2020.106843
VL  - 105
IS  - Article 106843
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - New York, NY
ER  -