Size Distribution of Soil Aggregates as Influenced by Microorganisms

Authors

H. E. Weakly, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
T. M. McCalla, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Francis A. Haskins, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1967

Comments

Published in Soil Science 103 (1967): 704-707. Copyright 1967, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. Used by permission.

Abstract

Numerous reports have presented evidence that soil aggregates are formed and/or stabilized by microorganisms. In most instances, the aggregates were not studied in respect to size distribution. The present report is concerned with the size distribution of aggregates and particles in a soil material after inoculation with three different inocula and incubation for varying periods of time.