From sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.eduMon May 20 22:24:23 1996
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 17:47:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture <sustag-l@listproc.wsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Sustainability and Humus Building (fwd)



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Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 15:11:19 -0400
From: "Diane E. Stott" <stottd@ecn.purdue.edu>
To: "'drfist@ilhawaii.net'" <drfist@ilhawaii.net>
Cc: "'sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu'" <sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
Subject: Re: Sustainability and Humus Building

Robert:

I just read your post to the sustag list.  I'm curious:
why do you think that humates and humus been a "suppressed
concept" in the U.S.?  Much work has been done and is
currently going on regarding soil organic matter chemistry
(humates; humics & fulvics; carbohydrates; light & heavy
fractions) in relation to soil productivity, soil erodibility,
soil quality, interactions with soil minerals, and water
quality.

Regards,
Diane Stott
Soil Microbiologist

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Diane E. Stott                                   Phone: 317-494-6657
USDA-ARS                                           Fax: 317-494-5948
National Soil Erosion Research Lab       stottd@soils.ecn.purdue.edu
1196 SOIL Bldg                                A03destott@attmail.com
West Lafayette IN 47907-1196
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