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	Humus
		Humus formed under water is slightly different than its aerobic counterpart due more to the nature of the residues from the two different environments than the process of aerobic vs. anaerobic humification.
		This is not to say that humus is immune from further decay, but its resistance to decomposition is at a level that enables it to exist for decades if not centuries as a soil conditioner, a habitat for microbial life and a vast reservoir of plant and microbial nutrient.
		The formation of new humus is critical to maintaining a stable presence of this asset in the soil.
	users.ids.net /~nofari/tnf_hums.htm (4472 words)

	humus - Encyclopedia.com
		Humus is formed by the decomposing action of soil microorganisms (e.g., bacteria and fungi), which break down animal and vegetable material into elements that can be used by growing plants.
		Technically, humus, as the end result of this process, is less valuable for plant growth than are the products formed during active decomposition (see fertilizer).
		Because of its low specific weight and high surface area, humus has a profound effect upon the physical properties of mineral soils with regard to improved soil structure, water intake and reservoir capacity, ability to resist erosion, and the ability to hold chemical elements in a form readily accessible to plants.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-humus.html (387 words)

	Humintech® \| Humus: Still A Mystery? & Humic Acids Based Products
		Furthermore, the composition of humus in one soil can be so structurally, chemically and visibly different from humus in another soil that it is difficult to refer to them both as the same thing.
		Humus formed under water is slightly different than its aerobic counterpart due more to the nature of the residues from the two different environments than the process of aerobic vs. anaerobic humification.
		This is not to say that humus is immune from further decay, but its resistance to decomposition is at a level that enables it to exist for decades if not centuries as a soil conditioner, a habitat for microbial life and a vast reservoir of plant and microbial nutrient.
	www.humintech.com /001/articles/article_humus_still_a_mystery.html (4134 words)

	Humus - PermaWiki - a Wikia wiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Humus is a colloidal substance, and increases the soil's Cation Exchange Capacity, hence it's ability to store nutrients on clay particles, thus whilst these nutrient anions are accessible to plants they are held in the soil safe from leaching away by rain or irrigation.
		Humus which is readily capable of further decomposition is referred to as effective or active humus.
		Humus should not be thought of as 'dead'- rather it is the 'raw matter' of life- the transition stage between one life form and another.
	permaculture.wikia.com /wiki/Humus (744 words)

	HUMUS band.com \| Home
		HUMUS is in the process of preparing a new single which will be published very soon.
		For the first time, in this new site version, all HUMUS songs from 2 previous Albums are available for free download.
		The band was founded on May 2002 Humus is an urban rock band form Prishtina â“ Kosova...
	www.humusband.com (54 words)

	PROGETTO HUMUS
		From these assumptions the HUMUS PROJECT was born which in the following paragraph is presented in its general features.
		The HUMUS PROJECT, like many other projects, wants to be an instrument of shareness in order to intervene in a concrete way on the contamination reality.
		The HUMUS PROJECT is a Legambiente Solidarity project.This is an intervention field of Legambiente the most important environmental voluntary association of Italy.
	www.progettohumus.it /enindex.php (1248 words)

	Humus
		Humus Giantbane is the son of the cavalier Strum "Stumpy" Giantbane.
		Humus was but a lad when his father Stumpy disappeared, but his father had already started his cavalier training.
		Humus has come of age, and his aristocratic and cavalier training is finally complete.
	members.tripod.com /~mauldinl/Humus.htm (789 words)

	Humus Summary
		Humus is often described as the 'life-force' of the soil.
		Humus is a colloidal as substance, and increases the soil's cation exchange capacity, hence its ability to store nutrients on clay particles; thus while these nutrient cations are accessible to plants, they are held in the soil safe from leaching away by rain or irrigation.
		Stable (or passive) humus consisting of humic acids, or humins, on the other hand, are so highly insoluble (or tightly bound to clay particles that they cannot be penetrated by microbes) that they are greatly resistant to further decomposition.
	www.bookrags.com /Humus (1355 words)

	How to Make Humus
		Humus is rough peasant food that benefits from the union of strong flavours and the parsley is going into the blender anyway.
		Humus recipes always call for tahini paste, which is made from ground sesame seeds.
		Humus is so easy to prepare, once you know how, that from now on you will probably just want to make it yourself.
	www.sfu.ca /cookbook/humus.htm (1449 words)

	HUMUS
		Humus is that fraction of the soil medium which aids in making minerals available to plant rootlets.
		Humus is produced in the soil by the proper decay of animal and plant matter.
		If conditions are right for humus development in a soil, the hard pan often seen in soils under heavy crop reproduction has a tendency to dissipate, which further helps the movement of water up and down.
	www.aglabs.com /newsletters/humus.html (1881 words)

	Fertilizer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chemist Justus von Liebig (in the 19th century) contributed greatly to understanding the role of inorganic compounds in plant nutrition and devised the concept of Liebig's barrel to illustrate the significance of inadequate concentrations of essential nutrients.
		At the same time he deemphasized the role of humus.
		This theory was influential in the great expansion in use of artificial fertilizers in the 20th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fertilizer (2378 words)

	humus - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Humus, decaying organic matter found in soil and derived from dead animal and plant material.
		Ultimately, the decay of plant and animal material results in the formation of a dark-colored organic matter known as humus.
		Rich in humus (decaying organic matter), manure releases many important nutrients into the soil....
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=humus (104 words)

	humus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Humus is formed by the decomposing action of soil microorganisms (e.g., bacteria and fungi), which break down animal and vegetable material into elements that can be used by growing plants.
		Technically, humus, as the end result of this process, is less valuable for plant growth than are the products formed during active decomposition (see fertilizer).
		Because of its low specific weight and high surface area, humus has a profound effect upon the physical properties of mineral soils with regard to improved soil structure, water intake and reservoir capacity, ability to resist erosion, and the ability to hold chemical elements in a form readily accessible to plants.
	www.bartleby.com /65/hu/humus.html (181 words)

	Using humus to improve your soil organically
		Humus is the loose, crumbly material that results from the decay of organic matter -- leaves, grass clippings, garden waste, peatmoss, kitchen scraps, or any such material.
		Humus is important because it retains moisture in the soil, loosens the soil permitting better aeration and drainage, and encourages the increase of soil organisms which help make nutrients available to plants.
		In the past, humus was assured in soil by the addition of barnyard manures.
	www.compostguide.com /using_humus_to_improve_soil_organically.html (411 words)

	Humus \| World of Biology
		Humus is the more or less stable fraction of organic matter remaining in a soil after the major portions of added plant and animal residues have decomposed.
		Humus is characterized by dark-colored, complex, colloidal-sized, amorphous aromatic ring-type compounds, including polyphenols and polyquinones.
		Humus in a soil supplies nutrients as well as growth-promoting substances (e.g., vitamins, amino acids, auxins, and gibberellins) that are necessary for plant growth.
	www.bookrags.com /research/humus-wob (400 words)

	Humus in Jerusalem: It's tradition - The Boston Globe
		Humus, which is also a favorite dish in Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, is a blend of mashed chick peas, tahini, garlic, and lemon.
		If Israelis and Palestinians have one thing in common, it's their love of humus and their loyalty to the cadre of restaurant owners who spend much of their lives perfecting family recipes that have been passed down through generations.
		Pinanti's humus is heavy on the lemon, and light on the garlic.
	www.boston.com /travel/articles/2006/11/12/humus_in_jerusalem_its_tradition (761 words)

	Humus
		Humus is extremely important to the fertility of soils in both a physical and chemical sense (see below).
		Yet it is difficult to define humus in precise terms; it is a highly complex substance, the full nature of which is still not fully understood.
		The humus that is the end product of this process is thus a mixture of compounds and complex life chemicals of plant, animal, or microbial origin, which has many functions and benefits in the soil.
	www.vetty.com /wpcd/wp/h/Humus.htm (685 words)

	mbox-7: Re: BIO-CONTROL MATTERS-> Humus
		concept of humus as the basis for sustainable agriculture
		The colorimetric humus test is done by extracting a soil or
		Ideally, the ratio will be 1 part O.M. to 3 parts humus.
	www.sare.org /sanet-mg/archives/html-home/7-html/0200.html (962 words)

	humus - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		The character of humus varies with environmental conditions.
		The so-called mull humus forms where the pH remains fairly neutral and the amount of...
		They are rich in humus, but they are loose and friable....
	au.encarta.msn.com /humus.html (138 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		"on the ground," from humus "earth." Senses of "not self-asserting" and "of low birth or rank" were both in M.E. The verb is c.1380 in the intrans.
		with humus "earth"), related to umere "be wet, moist," and to uvescere "become wet." In ancient and medieval physiology, "any of the four body fluids" (blood, phlegm, choler, and melancholy or fl bile) whose relative proportions were thought to determine state of mind.
		This led to a sense of "mood, temporary state of mind" (first recorded 1525); the sense of "amusing quality, funniness" is first recorded 1682, probably via sense of "whim, caprice" (1565), which also produced the verb sense of "indulge," first attested 1588.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=humus (555 words)

	Humus 2000 Technology\|Humus Zeolite Distributor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Humus 2000 Technology Inc. is an earth mineral distributor and marketer of specialty earth minerals including humus, Zeolite and Composted Hog Manure for use in agricultural, horticultural and environmental industries.
		All of our humus products are derived from mineralized humus that is composed of rich organic debris from ancient plants that have been partially decomposed, compressed and mineralized into a carbonaceous granular form of humus.
		Humus 2000 Technology provides products to the agricultural and petrochemical industries that are both environmentally protective and effective where soil quality and contaminant control are key.
	humus2000technology.ca /index.html (395 words)

	Humus - It's The Dirt
		It is not a coincidence that the word “humus” is part of every gardener’s vocabulary and that compost piles, one source of humus, are part of their gardens.
		In nature humus is constantly introduced into soil as plant debris, dead animals, and other organic matter that decomposes on the ground.
		Humus creates a soil environment that supports beneficial nematodes and also bacteria such as milky spore that homeowners introduce into lawns to combat white grubs.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /extension/newsletters/hortupdate/julaug01/art3jul.html (1187 words)

	What is the real difference between Compost and Humus? -
		Humus is non-cellular because everything else in the cell breaks down and gets recycled into other organisms, leaving the humus in the soil but no longer within a cell.
		The term "humus" gets tossed around loosely by gardeners to mean the organic material that makes soil brownish, not all of which is humus.
		The portion that is the stable organic component is then refered to as humus, the portion that it is sand, clay, and related particles is silicates, the OM that is still decaying is, surprisingly, decaying organic matter.
	faq.gardenweb.com /faq/lists/organic/2002121127011493.html (1664 words)

	Types of humus in soils (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This humus arise under conditions of low-biological activity in soil.
		This type of humus is characterized by neutral pH, C/N ratio nearing to 10 and ability to creation stable mineral-organic complexes.
		Mull is a type of humus which occurs in soils under cultivation.
	www.ar.wroc.pl /~weber/typy2.htm (424 words)

	Actagro > Organic Acids > Liquid Humus
		Actagro Liquid Humus is an effective agent for increased efficiency of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium liquid fertilizers.
		Liquid Humus weighs 10.0 pounds per gallon, and carries over two pounds of organic acids per gallon, so an application of 150 pounds of N per acre would require the addition of 1.5 gallons of Liquid Humus prior to the application.
		LIQUID HUMUS may be injected preplant into the root zone, drilled in bands where practical, or sprayed in the soil and incorporated.
	www.actagro.com /php/ag_liquidhumus.php (924 words)

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		When visiting one of the two humus restaurants that share the same name, "The Original Abu Shukri Number 1" in Abu Gosh, near Jerusalem, everything that seemed important a moment ago is dwarfed in the face of the humus war.
		The only matter discussed is humus, and more precisely, the awful concoction of the opponent across the street, compared to the superb delicacy offered here.
		Cohen, who stars in a local humus manufacturer's TV commercial, offered the two a handsome financial reward if they agreed to reconcile in the framework of a new commercial.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3084961,00.html (649 words)

	Humus on St. Mark's Place \| Jerusalem Post
		At center stage is Holyland Market, the Israeli makolet [grocery store] towards the end of the block which blasts Israeli music and sells everything from daily Israeli newspapers, to Bisli and Bamba snacks as well as kosher meats, cheeses and Israeli detergents.
		Arriving relatively late to the scene, restaurant manager Shai Erlich says that having Israeli-run businesses on the block was one of the reasons they moved to this corridor of St. Mark's Place.
		They serve three kinds of humus and shakshuka as well as Turkish coffee and home-made lemonade with mint.
	www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1162378376414&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (1271 words)

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