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Wind erodibility and dust (PM10) emission control in two different soil textures using microbial inoculation and sugarcane bagasse application

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An experiment was performed using a completely randomized design on two different soil textures (sandy loam and silt loam) collected from the dust center of southeastern Ahvaz to investigate the effect of sugarcane bagasse and Enterobacter cloacae (a bacterium) collectively as controlling agents for wind erosion. Saccharomyces cerevisiae (a species of yeast) was used to decompose bagasse and allow bacteria to access carbon sources. The experiment was performed on soil in metal trays. Six treatments were applied: a control condition (without bagasse, yeast, or bacterium), bagasse at the level of 0.5% w/w, bacterium, bagasse + yeast, bagasse + bacterium, and bagasse + yeast + bacterium. The trays were then stored, with the moisture content kept at 70% of soil capacity at 28 °C for a period of 90 days. The soil samples’ surfaces were bombarded by fine sand particles from a hole in the top of the wind tunnel to measure the erosion rate and PM10 emission. The results showed that the treatments significantly (P < 0.05) increased the soil penetration resistance from 176.78 (in the control condition) to 493.6 kPa in silt loam soil and from 80.35 to 312.76 in the sandy loam soil treated with bagasse + yeast + bacterium. The mean weight diameter, shear strength, dry aggregate stability, and threshold friction velocity in microorganism-inoculated treatments increased significantly (P < 0.05), while the wind erodible fraction, erosion rate, and PM10 emission reduced. The erosion rate in sandy soil was higher than in silt loam, while PM10 showed the opposite pattern. In general, the use of bagasse increased the efficiency of microorganisms to reduce the erosion rate and increase soil resistance.

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The authors would like to thank Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and Khuzestan Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization (Grant No. 1400.1.2224) for supporting this study.

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Enayatizamir, N., Landi, A., Ghafari, H. et al. Wind erodibility and dust (PM10) emission control in two different soil textures using microbial inoculation and sugarcane bagasse application. Arab J Geosci 15, 1097 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10363-4

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