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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Orchard, Valerie A. |
Author Affiliation: | N.Z. Soil Bureau, D.S.I.R., Lower Hutt |
Title: | Soil Biology |
Source: | Sports Turf Review. Vol. 154, December 1984, p. 140-144. |
Publishing Information: | Palmerston North, N.Z.: NZ Turf Culture Institute |
# of Pages: | 5 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soil biology; Insects; Oligochaeta; Nematoda; Fungi; Bacteria; Compaction; Soil moisture; Organic matter
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Abstract/Contents: | Describes soil biology in terms of the living things that survive in soil and what they do. Discussion includes a description of decomposition, why it is important, how decomposition occurs, what make decomposition stop occurring, how living organisms aid decomposition, earthworms, fungi, bacteria and actinomycetes. Includes comments on the negative aspects of having worms in a playing field soil. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Credit: The Government Lands Turf Seminar, 1983. Figures |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Orchard, V. A. 1984. Soil Biology. Sports Turf Rev. 154:p. 140-144. |
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