Physical & Chemical Properties of Soil

Physical & Chemical Properties of Soil Soil environment is studied under physical, chemical and biological environments.…

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAND SILT AND CLAY

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAND SILT AND CLAY Introduction Sand silt and clay is grouped on the basis…

ELUVIATION AND ILLUVIATION- SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES

ELUVIATION AND ILLUVIATION- SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES Soil constituents are washed out from the upper layers to…

SOIL MICROORGANISM- DISTRIBUTION & IMPORTANCE

SOIL MICROORGANISM- DISTRIBUTION & IMPORTANCE Introduction Functional soil is a soil embedded with organic matter and…

SOIL COLLOIDS- PROPERTIES, TYPES AND IMPORTANCE

SOIL COLLOIDS- PROPERTIES, TYPES AND IMPORTANCE Soil Colloids Soil colloids are the finer size fractions (clay…

SOLUTION AND TYPES OF SOLUTION

SOLUTION AND TYPES OF SOLUTION Before knowing the solution, let’s understand some related terms. After that…

SOIL ORGANIC MATTER- MEANING & COMPONENT

SOIL ORGANIC MATTER- MEANING & COMPONENT Meaning & Definition Soil organic matter is any material produced…

PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY WILTING POINT

PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY WILTING POINT History Lyman Briggs and Homer LeRoy Shantz (1912) proposed the wilting…

NITROGEN CYCLE- PROCESS & IMPORTANCE

NITROGEN CYCLE- PROCESS & IMPORTANCE Introduction Nitrogen cycle refers to the movement of nitrogen across different…

NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION

NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION NITRIFICATION Nitrification is a biological process of oxidation of ammonia into nitrite and…