The contentious nature of soil organic matter

Johannes Lehmann () and Markus Kleber
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Johannes Lehmann: Soil and Crop Sciences, School of Integrated Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University
Markus Kleber: Oregon State University

Nature, 2015, vol. 528, issue 7580, 60-68

Abstract: Instead of containing stable and chemically unique ‘humic substances’, as has been widely accepted, soil organic matter is a mixture of progressively decomposing organic compounds; this has broad implications for soil science and its applications.

Date: 2015
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