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Basic Soil-Plant Interactions

Created by Len Kryzanowski

Figure 2.2.1 The Agricultural Organic Matter Cycle

Stable products of decomposition

Resistant organic compounds

Atmospheric CO

2

Plant biomass production

Organic residue addition

Manure

Soil humus stable

Harvested portion

Crop available nutrients

Mineralization

Actively decomposing organic compounds

To market Erosion losses

Immobilization

Plant uptake

Soil organisms

Nutrients released

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