List of tables ................................................. II
List of figures ............................................... III
List of abbreviations .......................................... IV
Summary ......................................................... V
Zusammenfassung ............................................... VII
1 ntroduction .................................................. 1
1.1 Turnover of soil organic matter in ecosystems ........... 2
1.2 Division of SOM into compartments ....................... 3
1.3 Concepts of SOM stabilization ........................... 4
1.4 Methods for determination of pools or fractions ......... 5
1.5 Objectives .............................................. 9
2 Impact of fertilizer type and rate on carbon and nitrogen
pools in a sandy Cambisol ................................... 12
2.1 Introduction ........................................... 13
2.2 Materials and methods .................................. 15
2.3 Results ................................................ 25
2.4 Discussion ............................................. 31
2.5 Conclusions ............................................ 38
3 Soil organic matter pools and crop yields as affected by
the rate of farmyard manure and use of biodynamic
preparations in a sandy Cambisol ............................ 39
3.1 Introduction ........................................... 40
3.2 Material & methods ..................................... 41
3.3 Results & discussion ................................... 46
3.4 Conclusions ............................................ 54
4 Effects of fertiliser type and rate on soil fractions of
a sandy Cambisol - long-term and short-term dynamics ........ 55
4.1 Introduction ........................................... 56
4.2 Materials and methods .................................. 57
4.3 Results and discussion ................................. 61
4.4 Conclusions ............................................ 67
5 Conclusions ................................................. 68
6 References .................................................. 70
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