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The micro-organisms of the soil

Chapter 1: THE MICRO-ORGANISMS OF THE SOIL
By Edward J. Russell
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The volume surveys the living community within soil and its interactions with plants, tracing historical ideas about decomposition and nitrification before detailing the biology and ecology of bacteria, protozoa, algae, fungi, and soil invertebrates. It explains microbial roles in breaking down organic matter, cycling nutrients such as nitrogen, and producing plant-available compounds while noting conditions that govern microbial activity and occasional pathogenic effects. Chapters combine observational and experimental perspectives from specialists and conclude with a synthesis of the chemical activities of the soil population and their practical implications for plant growth and agricultural management.

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Title: The micro-organisms of the soil

Author: Edward J. Russell

Rothamsted Experimental Station

Release date: August 3, 2022 [eBook #68670]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: Longmans, Green and Co, 1923

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THE ROTHAMSTED MONOGRAPHS ON
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
EDITED BY
Sir E. J. RUSSELL, D.Sc. (Lond.), F.R.S.

THE MICRO-ORGANISMS OF THE SOIL

THE ROTHAMSTED MONOGRAPHS ON
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE.
Edited by Sir E. JOHN RUSSELL, D.Sc., F.R.S.

During the past ten years there have been marked developments in knowledge of the relations between the soil and the growing plant. The subject involves physical, biological, and chemical considerations, and its ramifications are now so wide that they cannot be satisfactorily dealt with in detail in any one book. These monographs collectively cover the whole ground. In “Soil Conditions and Plant Growth” the general outlines are presented: in the monographs the various divisions are fully and critically dealt with by the Heads of the Departments concerned at Rothamsted. A homogeneous treatment is thus secured that will, it is hoped, much facilitate the use of the series.

SOIL CONDITIONS AND PLANT GROWTH, Fourth Edition.
By Sir E. John Russell, F.R.S. 16s. net.

The following volumes are in preparation:—

MANURING OF GRASS-LANDS FOR HAY By Winifred E. Brenchley, D.Sc., F.Z.S.
THE MICRO-ORGANISMS OF THE SOIL By Sir E. John Russell, F.R.S., and Members of the Biological Staff of the Rothamsted Experimental Station.
SOIL PHYSICS By B. A. Keen, B.Sc.
SOIL PROTOZOA By D. W. Cutler, M.A., and L. M. Crump, M.Sc.
SOIL BACTERIA By H. G. Thornton, M.A.
SOIL FUNGI AND ALGÆ By W. B. Brierley, S. T. Jewson, B.Sc., and B. M. Roach (Bristol), D.Sc.
CHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE SOIL By H. J. Page, B.Sc.

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.,
LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO, BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS.

THE MICRO-ORGANISMS
OF THE SOIL

BY
Sir E. JOHN RUSSELL, F.R.S.
AND
MEMBERS OF THE BIOLOGICAL STAFF OF THE
ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION

WITH DIAGRAMS

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C. 4
NEW YORK, TORONTO
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA and MADRAS
1923

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