Sentences with phrase «organic matter content in»
The USDA organic regulations recognize the risk of heavy metal contamination at § 205.203 (c): «The producer must manage plant and animal materials to maintain or improve soil organic matter content in a manner that does not contribute to contamination of crops, soil, or water by plant nutrients, pathogenic organisms, heavy metals, or residues of prohibited substances.»
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Improved grazing practices and land management practices that increase the organic matter content in soil also sequester carbon.
The results of chemical analysis of soils samples collected before planting and harvest of the strawberries indicates that the organic matter content in the soil of the organic system was higher than that of the non-organic system (see table below).
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The positive impacts of organic agriculture on biological activity, micro-organisms and soil organic matter content reported in the paragraphs above are therefore also valid for soils in the tropics and subtropics.
As mineralization processes proceed much faster on ferralitic soils in the tropics and subtropics than on soils typical to temperate and continental zones, a high organic matter content and high biological activity are the pre-requisite for sustainable soil fertility.
Organic matter content is usually higher in organically - managed soils, indicating higher fertility and stability of organic soils as well as moisture retention capacity, which reduce the risk of erosion and desertification.
A major result was that after just five years, soil organic matter content was 8.6 % greater in the strip - till plots when compared to the no - till plots.
Monumental in size and ambiguous in content, Bley's work evokes a combination of organic and inorganic matter.
Clay content and initial organic matter content are the main factors in the determination of new equilibrium levels of carbon and nitrogen in the soil.