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Soil aggregate stability. What is it? Why is it important?

I would like to talk about soil aggregate stability. A soil aggregate is a whole bunch of individual soil particles that are bound, or glued, together. How well those aggregates hold up to disruptive ...
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Mucilage from fruits/seeds of chia (Salvia hispanica L.) improves soil aggregate stability

Plant and Soil, Vol. 425, No. 1/2 (April 2018), pp. 57-69 (13 pages) Background and aims Myxodiaspores have been shown to enhance soil-seed contact and improve soil stability. We aim to demonstrate ...
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Do diversity of plants, soil fungi and bacteria influence aggregate stability on ultramafic Ferralsols? A metagenomic approach in a tropical hotspot of biodiversity

Aims Understanding how soil aggregate stability (MWD) is influenced by microbial diversity and abundance can be crucial for ecological restoration in severely disturbed areas. We investigated the ...
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Soil aggregate stability is important

Soil aggregates are groups of individual soil particles that bind to each other more strongly than adjacent particles. Aggregates that don’t fall apart and revert to individual soil particles when ...