History of the soil organic matter conversion factor of 1.72

Students of soil science are taught that to determine the amount of soil organic matter, soil organic carbon is measured usually by wet oxid...

Methane emission from rice fields

Methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are the end products of carbon decomposition in rice fields and other wetlands. Methane, a major gree...

Hydrogen peroxide is not a good reagent for the removal of soil organic matter

Organic matter (OM) is the most important cementing agent of soil particles. Soils containing high amount of OM (like the dark Leyte soil sh...

Response of corn to chicken dung and rice hull ash application and mycorrhizal fungi inoculation

By Luz Geneston-Asio, Central Analytical Services Lab, VSU, Baybay, Leyte The use of locally available and cheap organic fertilizers like ch...

Continuous cultivation does not always decrease soil organic carbon content

It is generally known that continuous cultivation causes a decline in soil organic carbon and nutrient contents. This has been shown by ...

Organic fertilization improves soil fungi population

While organic fertilization is now widely known to improve the general soil quality, more data from field experiments are still needed to su...

Land use change decreases carbon, nitrogen, and sugar contents of tropical soil

Land use change is an important ecological driver in the Philippines and other parts of the tropics. It is the major cause of the widespread...

The "home field advantage" in plant litter decomposition

If you collect leaf litter from a Mahogany plantation and put it beaneath Gmelina trees or vice versa, the rate of litter decomposition will...