Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 7 Roots a) Root environment b) Root form c) Root structure d) Nutrition e) Exu ...

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Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 9 Students’ Lecture Outline Detailed Lecture Outline: Soil Biology and Ecology for students ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 10 | Unit 2.3 Students’ Lecture Outline Definition: “Capacity of a soil to function, within land use a ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 11 Students’ Lecture Outline d) Immobilization: Soil organisms consume inorganic compounds t ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 12 | Unit 2.3 Students’ Lecture Outline c) Energy loss = 80–90% at each step in the food chain d) Food ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 13 Students’ Lecture Outline Functional classification a) Microorganisms i. Colonial growt ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 14 | Unit 2.3 Students’ Lecture Outline vi. Minor comminution vii. 500 to 200,000 per square meter, far ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 15 Students’ Lecture Outline b) Root form i. Fibrous roots • Most monocots (e.g., g ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 16 | Unit 2.3 f ) Root exudates i. Amounts • 20–50% more C enters the soil from exudates ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 17 Students’ Lecture Outline v. Azotobacter, non-symbiotic nitrogen fixer • If inoculated ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 18 | Unit 2.3 Rotations a) Monocultures and clean cultivation i. Create little habitat for soil organ ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 19 Students’ Lecture Outline Assessment of fertility needs (also see Unit 1.1, Managing Soi ...

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Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 21 Instructor’s Demonstration 1 Outline Demonstration 1: Organic Matter Decomposition in Lit ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 22 | Unit 2.3 Instructor’s Demonstration 1 Have students collect the bags and return them to ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 23 Step-by-Step Instructions, Demonstration 1 Demonstration 1: Organic Matter Decomposition ...

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Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 25 Instructor’s Demonstration 2 Outline Demonstration 2: Soil Respiration for the instructor ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 26 | Unit 2.3 Instructor’s Demonstration 2 Outline Cover the ring with the lid and note the time. Wait ...