The micro-organisms of the soil
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THE ROTHAMSTED MONOGRAPHS ON AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE EDITED BY Sir E. J. RUSSELL, D.Sc. (Lond.), F.R.S.
THE MICRO-ORGANISMS OF THE SOIL
THE ROTHAMSTED MONOGRAPHS ON AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. Edited by Sir E. JOHN RUSSELL, D.Sc., F.R.S.
During the past ten years there have been marked developments in knowledge of the relations between the soil and the growing plant. The subject involves physical, biological, and chemical considerations, and its ramifications are now so wide that they cannot be satisfactorily dealt with in detail in any one book. These monographs collectively cover the whole ground. In “Soil Conditions and Plant Growth” the general outlines are presented: in the monographs the various divisions are fully and critically dealt with by the Heads of the Departments concerned at Rothamsted. A homogeneous treatment is thus secured that will, it is hoped, much facilitate the use of the series.
SOIL CONDITIONS AND PLANT GROWTH, Fourth Edition. By Sir E. John Russell, F.R.S. 16 s. net.
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Edward J. Russell
Rothamsted Experimental Station
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INTRODUCTION.
CONTENTS.
A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
REFERENCES TO CHAPTERS II. AND III.
Classification.
Life Histories.
Distribution of Soil Protozoa.
Seasonal Changes.
Soil Reaction.
Protozoa and the Nitrogen Cycle.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
I. General and Historical Introduction.
II. The Soil as a Suitable Medium for Algal Growth.
III. Relation of Algæ to the Nitrogen Cycle
IV. Relation of Algæ to Soil Moisture and to the Formation of Humus Substances.
V. Relation of Algæ to Gaseous Interchanges in the Soil.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Qualitative Study.
Quantitative Study.
Conclusion.
Relation of Soil Fungi to Living Plants.
Relation of Fungi to Soil Processes.
Carbon Relationships.
Nitrogen Relationships.
Mineral Relationships.
Control of Soil Fungi.
Relation to Soil Fertility.
Method of Investigating the Soil Fauna.
Groups of Invertebrata Represented in the Soil.
Number of Organisms Present and their Distribution in Depth.
Dominance of Certain Species and Groups.
Classification of Soil Invertebrates According to Feeding Habits.
The Influence of Environmental Factors upon The Invertebrates of the Soil.
The Relation of Soil Invertebrates to Agriculture.
LITERATURE REFERRED TO.
Material Changes.
AUTHOR INDEX.
SUBJECT INDEX.
Transcriber’s Notes