Soil Classification: Disease-Inducing Soils

In disease-inducing soils, plant pathogenic microorgan­isms such as Fusarium fungi can comprise 5 to 20 percent of the total microflora. If fresh organic matter with a high nitrogen content is applied to such a soil, incom­pletely oxidized products can arise that are malodorous and toxic to growing plants. Such soils tend to cause frequent infesta­tions of disease organisms, and harmful insects. Thus, the application of fresh or­ganic matter to these soils is often harmful to crops. Probably more than 90 percent of the agricultural land devoted to crop production worldwide can be classified as having disease-inducing soils. Such soils generally have poor physical properties, and large amounts of energy are lost as “greenhouse gases,” particularly in the case of rice fields. Plant nutrients are also subject to immobilization into unavail­able forms.

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