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Studies on the Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles in the Soil. III. The Formation of Natural Humic Matter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

M. M. S. Du Toit  and
H. J. Page
M. M. S. Du Toit
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station,2Harpenden, Herts.
H. J. Page
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station,2Harpenden, Herts.
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Experiments are described in which the decomposition of various plant materials and of purified preparations of plant constituents, during rotting under neutral aerobic conditions in the presence of soil organisms, has been studied in relation to the formation of humic matter.

The formation of humic matter was more closely related to the change in the lignin content than to the change in content of the other groups of plant constituents estimated.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 1930 , pp. 478 - 488
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1930

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