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The Effect of Soil Cultivation on the Humus State of Gray Forest Soil in the Middle Urals

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The results of studies on the humus state of soils in agrosystems of the Middle Urals (1984–1997) are described. It is shown that the change of agricultural technologies (crop rotation, doses of organic fertilizers, etc.) transforms environmental conditions and the direction of humus formation processes. Parameters such as the concentrations of humus and water-soluble carbon and soil potential for humus accumulation reliably characterize the humus state of arable soil and allow the mobility and migration rate of humic substances to be monitored.

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Goryacheva, T.A. The Effect of Soil Cultivation on the Humus State of Gray Forest Soil in the Middle Urals. Russian Journal of Ecology 33, 249–252 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016264203608

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