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Humus

Humus is the stable form of soil organic matter derived from decomposition of plant and animal substances. Humic layer or humus horizon is the organic matter above the topsoil and below leaf litter which is finely divided having a high surface area. This layer consists of a large proportion of humus. Humus can be found in many layers of the soil, but…

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Humification

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Benefits in agriculture

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Humus

Nodes129
Edges128
Triples86
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015504
Components1

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Humus

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related to External links · 17
Humus → Agricultural University, Evaluation, International Humic Substances Society, Jerzy, November, PDF, Poland, Pubs, Retrieved, Robert, Types, United States Geological Survey, USGU, Weber, Wershaw, What, Wroclaw
related to Composition · 12
Humus → According, As, During, Fully, However, It, SCM, Selman Waksman, Soil Continuum Model, Some, The, This
related to Stability · 11
Humus → Amazonian, Amazonian Dark Earths, CO2, However, Indio, Instead, Most, Much, Stable, The, This
related to Types · 7
Humus → Detritus, In, Litter, Lumbricus Terrestris, Many, Mor, Mull
related to Horizons · 4
Humus → Bedrock, Most, Soil, The
is a · 3
Humus → Latin word for, negatively charged colloidal substance which increases the cation-exchange capacity of soil, stable form of soil organic matter derived from decomposition of plant and animal substances
see also · 3
Humus → BiocharBiomassBiotic, Mineralization, Mycorrhizal
related to Benefits in agriculture · 2
Humus → It, The
related to Description · 1
Humus → The

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soil organic matter plant decomposition carbon also soils nutrients humic humification stable substances process many detritus nitrogen microbial horizon organisms

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Humusis astable form of soil organic matter derived from decomposition of plant and animal substances0.90text
Humusis aLatin word for0.90text
Humusis anegatively charged colloidal substance which increases the cation-exchange capacity of soil0.90text
soil bacteriainstance ofboth are heavily permeated by microorganisms0.80text
fungi.In agricultureinstance ofboth are heavily permeated by microorganisms0.80text
Lumbricus Terrestris cannot survive in such acid conditionsinstance ofMany macroscopic organisms0.80text
the lack of activity from such organisms mean the boundary between the mineral soilinstance ofMany macroscopic organisms0.80text
the humus remains undisturbed.In low acidity soil such as calcareous soilsinstance ofMany macroscopic organisms0.80text
the activity of these earthworms establish a mixture of the humusinstance ofMany macroscopic organisms0.80text
the underlying mineral soil known as Mull humusinstance ofMany macroscopic organisms0.80text
humic substances or humificationinstance ofleading some authors to contest the use of the term humus and derived terms0.80text
proposing the Soil Continuum Modelinstance ofleading some authors to contest the use of the term humus and derived terms0.80text

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