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Influence of humus forming materials of different nitrogen-carbon ratios on bacterial activities
Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station Research Bulletin: Volume 3, Issue 36
Influence of humus forming materials of different nitrogen-carbon ratios on bacterial activities
Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station Research Bulletin: Volume 3, Issue 36
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Influence of humus forming materials of different nitrogen-carbon ratios on bacterial activities
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2017-03-06)
The determination of the nitrogen-carbon ratio in soils is now considered of much importance in fertility studies. Not only does it show the organic matter content of soils more accurately than the more or less arbitrary humus determinations, concerning which considerable difference of opinion exists, but it also throws some light on the rate at which decomposition processes are occurring.