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Synonyms for humus

nounpartially decomposed organic matter

nouna thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic

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The stocks of SOC (Mg [ha.sup.-1]) per humus cover were calculated on the basis of humus cover thickness, SOC concentration (g [kg.sup.-1]) and soil bulk density.
The humus range has been entered into this years Food Review/ Symrise New Product Competition.
To our knowledge, there are no studies on humus balances of compost fertilisation experiments together with other efficiency and environmental indicators, which combined provide a picture of GHG emissions.
Dark-grey soil is characterized by high humus content in dark-humus horizon (about 10%) and the content is lower by 1.6% in sub-eluvial soil.
Besides humus is a critical feature of soil fertility, that is specified by all scientists.
In order to determine the dependence for all zonal soil types of the East European Plain of empirically determined humus horizon limit values from climatic potential, we summarized the data of numerous soil surveys.
Las irradiancias, los medios de cultivo y la interaccion de ambos influyeron significativamente (p<0.05) sobre el crecimiento de la diatomea, en los que se observo mayores densidades celulares (4.6 [+ o -] 0.37 x [10.sup.6] cel/mL) a 180 [micron]E/[m.sup.2] x s en Humus; sin embargo, en este mismo medio pero a irradiancias de 60 y 120[micron]E/[m.sup.2] x s, se registraron las menores densidades celulares, con valores de 1.9 [+ o -] 0.24 y 1.2 [+ o -] 0.16 x [10.sup.6] cel/ mL, respectivamente.
Os tratamentos resultaram da combinacao de tres fontes organicas (esterco bovino, esterco ovino e humus de minhoca) e quatro proporcoes dessas fontes (0;20; 40 e 60%, correspondendo a 0,00; 0,36; 0,72 e 1,08 L recipiente-1) em mistura ao solo e areia (3:1 v [v.sup.-1]).
The current special issue of the Estonian Journal of Ecology publishes selected papers of the International Scientific Conference 'Humus forms and biologically active compounds as indicators of pedodiversity' held in Tartu on 27-28 August 2012.
The removal of these residues can also impact the humus balance of the soil, in terms of nutrients and the capacity of this humus to capture carbon, and water to prevent erosion.
The rest of the order consisted of tubule salad (an Armenian favourite of beloved--5.95 leva), Humus with fresh pita bread (4.95 leva), spinach penne (9.95 leva) for her main, and of course the fabled lamb chops (18.95 leva) for me.