soil aggregate

collocation in English

meaningsofsoilandaggregate

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soil
noun
uk
/sɔɪl/
us
/sɔɪl/
the material on the surface of the ground in which ...
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aggregate
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈæɡ.rɪ.ɡət/
us
/ˈæɡ.rə.ɡət/
something formed by adding together several amounts ...
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(Definition ofsoilandaggregatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This seasonality also influences nutrient redistribution betweensoilaggregatefractions.
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Distribution of microbial biomass and its activity in differentsoilaggregatesize classes as affected by cultivation.
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The differences in nutrient concentrations between the twosoilaggregatesize-fractions suggest a different nature of soil organic matter associated with each size-fraction.
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Soil organic matter sustains soil productivity, maintains soil structure andsoilaggregatestability, increases water infiltration, and reduces soil compaction.
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This is due tosoilaggregateformation in finer textured surface soils when subject to soil biological processes.
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It is used to predict the soil water storage, water supply to the plants (field capacity) andsoilaggregatestability.
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Glomalin is hypothesized to improvesoilaggregatewater stability and decrease soil erosion.
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There is much evidence that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increasesoilaggregateformation, and that aggregate formation may be mediated by the arbuscular mycorrhizal protein glomalin.
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There is little information regarding the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi insoilaggregatestability.
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Properties of soil aggregates as influenced by tillage practices.
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The system is expensive of time and energy but produces fine soil aggregates to planting depth with serious risks of compaction deeper in the profile.
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Organic matter contained in soil aggregates from a tropical chronosequence: correction for sand and light fraction.
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Nitrogen and phosphorus transported by eroded soil aggregates.
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Low estimated viable seed densities from this site may reflect low seedling emergence success of seeds embedded within larger soil aggregates.
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They aerate and stir the soil and increase the stability of soil aggregates, thereby assuring ready infiltration of water.
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Soil litter protects soil aggregates from raindrop impact, preventing the release of clay and silt particles from plugging soil pores.
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Monsanto launched the technology of synthetic and natural polyelectrolytes as soil conditions for the formation of water-stable soil aggregates in 1952.
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Some of the substrate carbon binds to the mineral soil, becoming encapsulated in soil aggregates (singular masses of coherent soil particles, or peds) or chemical complexional.
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Plinthite changes irreversibly to an ironstone hardpan or to irregular soil aggregates on exposure to repeated wetting and drying, especially if it is also exposed to heat from the sun.
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