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- Title
Environmental Factors Affecting the Mineralization of Crop Residues.
- Authors
Grzyb, Aleksandra; Wolna-Maruwka, Agnieszka; Niewiadomska, Alicja
- Abstract
The aim of this article is to present the issues related to the significance of microorganisms in the mineralization of crop residues and the influence of environmental factors on the rate of this process. Crop residues play a very important role in agriculture because they can be used both as an environment-friendly waste management strategy and as a means of improving soil organic matter. The inclusion of crop residues in the soil requires appropriate management strategies that support crop production and protect the quality of surface water and groundwater. Crops need nutrients for high yields; however, they can only absorb ionic forms of elements. At this point, the microorganisms that convert organically bound nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur into soluble NH4+, NO3−, H2PO4−, HPO42−, and SO42− ions are helpful. Mineralization is the transformation of organic compounds into inorganic ones, which is a biological process that depends on temperature, rainfall, soil properties, the chemical composition of crop residues, the structure and composition of microbial communities, and the C:N ratio in soil after the application of plant matter. An adjustment of the values of these factors enables us to determine the rate and direction of the mineralization of crop residues in soil.
- Subjects
CROP residues; HUMUS; MINERALIZATION; WASTE management; WATER quality; INORGANIC compounds
- Publication
Agronomy, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 12, p1951
- ISSN
2073-4395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/agronomy10121951