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Handbook of soil sciences properties and processes. Collect a small amount of soil from your lawn or garden, and some water from a pond or from your source of drinking water. The first volume presents fundamental principles and recent advances in the traditional areas of soil science. Sumner is the regents professor of environmental soil science emeritus in the department of crop and soil sciences at the university of georgia, athens. Sumner s works include soil acidity springerverlag, 1991, soil crusting.
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