Study Guide for Campbell Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 37, Problem 13TYK
The nitrogen content of some agricultural soils may be improved by
- a. crop rotation with legumes that house nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
- b. arbuscular mycorrhizae that form mutualistic interactions with specific legumes.
- c. cation exchange that is facilitated when roots pump H+ into the soil.
- d. the action of ammonifying, nitrifying, and denitrifying bacteria.
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