- Industry: Earth science
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An international scientific society that fosters the transfer of knowledge and practices to sustain global soils. Based in Madison, WI, and founded in 1936, SSSA is the professional home for 6,000+ members dedicated to advancing the field of soil science. It provides information about soils in ...
Root-colonizing bacteria and fungi that aggressively colonize roots and are detrimental to plant growth but are not parasitic.
Industry:Earth science
Areas on which liquid oily wastes, principally saltwater and oil, have accumulated. Includes slush pits and adjacent areas affected by oil waste. A miscellaneous area.
Industry:Earth science
A suborder of zonal soils formed in warm, temperate, and tropical regions and including the following great soils groups: Yellow Podzolic, Red Podzolic, Yellowish-Brown Lateritic, and Lateritic.
Industry:Earth science
Organic residues, or a mixture of organic residues and soil, that have been mixed, piled, and moistened, with or without addition of fertilizer and lime, and generally allowed to undergo thermophilic decomposition until the original organic materials have been substantially altered or decomposed. Sometimes called "artificial manure" or "synthetic manure. " In Europe, the term may refer to a potting mix for container-grown plants.
Industry:Earth science
Noncrystalline constituents that either do not fit the definition of allophane or it is not certain if the constituent meets allophane criteria.
Industry:Earth science
Managing soil and crop cultural practices so as not to degrade or impair environmental quality on or off site, and without eventually reducing yield potential as a result of the chosen practice through exhaustion of either on-site resources or non-renewable inputs.
Industry:Earth science
Collection of various organic and inorganic substances in soil that are capable of adsorbing ions and molecules.
Industry:Earth science
An aggregate of precipitated calcium carbonate, or of other material cemented by precipitated calcium carbonate.
Industry:Earth science
Soil acidity that is neutralized by lime or a buffered salt solution to raise the pH to a specified value (usually 7. 0 or 8. 0) but which cannot be replaced by an unbuffered salt solution. It can be calculated by subtraction of salt replaceable acidity from total acidity.
Industry:Earth science
