Also these two - the basic works:
http://chla.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/chla/chla-idx?notisid=AEZ4513
Author: Selman A. Waksman
Title: Humus; origin, chemical composition, and importance in nature
Publisher: The Williams & Wilkins company Publication
Date: 1936
City: Baltimore Pages: 512 page images
Subjects: Humus
Sustainable agriculture.
http://chla.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/chla/chla-idx?notisid=AFD9900
Author: Selman A. Waksman
Title: Principles of soil microbiology
Publisher: The Williams & Wilkins company Publication
Date: 1927
City: Baltimore Pages: 964 page images
Subjects: Soil microbiology
Microorganisms
Does anybody know of any good books/references/guides for the common (and
not so common) life forms found in the garden and compost piles? I have a
slow and a fast compost pile and the number of life forms in the slow pile
is astounding, and I think it would be quite a fun 'get to know the world
around you' thing for kids (and me) to identify some of them and understand
what they do, their life cycles etc.
Tamsin
Krasil'nikov, N.A. Soil Microorganisms and Higher Plants. Academy of
Sciences of the USSR, Moscow 1958. Translated in Israel by Dr. Y.
Halperin. Printed in the USA by the Government Printing Office.
This, the ultimate study of the microbial process in soil, is one of
the most important books in the library. It has been little known
since its publication. Rendering it into html took hundreds of
tedious and rewarding hours. The book contains 100 photographic
illustrations and heaps of tables, so downloading the chapters can
be a bit time consuming. Here's my "take" on this book. In the
Soviet Union of the 30s, 40s and 50s, industrial production was
scanty. Had Soviet agronomic research focused increasing yields
through the use of chemicals, spread voluminously, the substances
could not have been produced. So Krasil'nikov focused on the
biological process, and he found ways to improve plant growth by
crop rotation and the production of special composts and microbial
ferments of the sort that could be produced by the farmer in an old
barrel. All these "primitive" solutions are based on a very
high-level understanding of the microbial process in soil and the
interactions between soil microbes with each other, of how crop
species interact with each other via long-lasting soil residues
(root exudates), and how plants and microbes interact with each
other. Soil Microorganisms and Higher Plants is public domain
material. Anyone wishing to publish the book in print on paper is
invited to contact this library. They will receive all possible
assistance. Apologies in advance for the many errors that despite
very careful proofreading must still be in the html text.
http://www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/010112Krasil/010112krasil.toc.html
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