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Topsoil

Topsoil is the upper layer of soil. It has the highest concentration of organic matter and microorganisms and is where most of the Earth's biological soil activity occurs.

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Overview

Description

Production

Classification

Evaluation

Carbon to nitrogen ratio

Commercial application

Erosion

Conservation

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Topsoil

Nodes88
Edges87
Triples59
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022727
Components1

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Topsoil

Top relations

related to Erosion · 9
Topsoil → Algae, Conventional, Intensive, Surface, The, These, They, This, United States
related to Evaluation · 9
Topsoil → Agriculture, Bagged Topsoil, British Standards Institution, BSI, Bulk, North Carolina Department, Organisations, The, Two
related to Production · 8
Topsoil → An, Australia, It, Manufactured, More, Natural, The, Victoria
related to Commercial application · 6
Topsoil → Energy Star, In, International Residential Code, Potting, Typical, Using
related to Classification · 5
Topsoil → Horizon, In, Soil, The, United States
related to Carbon to nitrogen ratio · 4
Topsoil → An, Plants, The, UK
related to Description · 4
Topsoil → Bacteria, Insects, There, Together
is a · 1
Topsoil → upper layer of soil

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soil erosion plants also conservation organic matter nitrogen nutrients layer carbon biological high crops ratio quality nutrient use surface united

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Topsoilis aupper layer of soil0.90text
exposureinstance ofIt condenses and settles over time in different ways depending upon conditions0.80text
the British Standards Institutioninstance ofEvaluationOrganisations0.80text
nutrient contentinstance ofThe standard has several classifications of topsoil with the final classification requiring material to meet certain threshold criteria0.80text
extractable phytotoxic elementsinstance ofThe standard has several classifications of topsoil with the final classification requiring material to meet certain threshold criteria0.80text
particle size distributioninstance ofThe standard has several classifications of topsoil with the final classification requiring material to meet certain threshold criteria0.80text
organic matter contentinstance ofThe standard has several classifications of topsoil with the final classification requiring material to meet certain threshold criteria0.80text
carboninstance ofThe standard has several classifications of topsoil with the final classification requiring material to meet certain threshold criteria0.80text
ploughinginstance ofConventional industrial agriculture practices0.80text
spraying high quantities of synthetic liquid fertilisers can degrade the quality of the soilinstance ofConventional industrial agriculture practices0.80text
reduced tillageinstance ofpolicies such as the Common Agricultural Policy are targeting the application of best management practices0.80text
winter cover cropsinstance ofpolicies such as the Common Agricultural Policy are targeting the application of best management practices0.80text

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