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Glossary Soil / Term

Humification

The decomposition of organic matter leading to the formation of humus. The microbial synthesis of three-dimensional polymers of saccharides and phenols resembling gums and lignin; a process of storing organic energy in compounds of high molecular weight which are slowly degradable (10-100+ years).

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