G. V. Jacks, deputy-director of the Imperial Bureau of Soil Science, Rothamsted, delivered a lecture on February 12 to the Royal Society of Arts, in which he dealt with the origin of humus ...

l), our knowledge of the turn-over of forest soil humus is very incomplete. This is particularly true of the organic matter in soil horizons below the humus layer.

Ghana’s soil fertility is influenced by several chemical and physical factors: Most Ghanaian soils have a pH range of 5.5 to ...

Therefore, the stability of boreal soils is critical to understanding global carbon cycle feedbacks to climate change and soil management. However, the regulating factors of humus carbon ...

Soil is a mixture of tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water. Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has ...