Soil
pH strongly influences microbiological activity, mineral elements availability
and, ultimately, the adaptability of the different plant species. The most of
bacteria - from which nitrogen fixation,
nitrification, some organic matter decomposition process depend – prefer a
sub-acid or slightly alkaline environment
( pH 6.8÷7.2 ); the deviation from such conditions negatively affect
both nutritive elements availability and
humidification process. Mushrooms prefer an acid environment and with
such conditions they ensure the demolition of organic compounds. Actinomycetes
develop mainly in slightly alkaline dry, loose ( and thus rich in oxygen )
soils ( pH 7÷7.5 ), because – with such
conditions – they are able to compensate for the lack of activity of mushrooms
and other bacteria, in drought periods.
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