{"id":3879,"date":"2024-11-13T14:02:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T13:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unimerfertilizzanti.it\/il-ruolo-della-sostanza-organica-nella-moderna-agricoltura\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T16:18:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T15:18:59","slug":"the-key-role-of-organic-matterin-modern-agricolture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unimerfertilizzanti.it\/en\/the-key-role-of-organic-matterin-modern-agricolture\/","title":{"rendered":"The key role of organic matterin modern agricolture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The key role of organic matter in modern agricolture <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t
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Modern agriculture should consider the use of humified organic matter in all fertilization plans, given its fundamental role in restoring and maintaining a good level of soil fertility, allowing the revitalization of humification processes and contributing to environmental sustainability.<\/strong>
In fact, the production capacity of food depends on the soil and therefore strategies must be urgently implemented to maintain its fertility to meet the food demand of the growing world population.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In agriculture, the soil represents a resource to be preserved because it is limited and difficult to renew: it is necessary to maintain a high level of fertility, through the reintegration of the annual losses of humified organic matter<\/strong>, caused by the intensification and specialization of modern agriculture, as well as to climate change and loss of biodiversity. Sustainable development goals depend on the availability of healthy soils and sustainable land use. More than 95% of food production depends on the soil and over 90% of the planet’s biodiversity in terms of living organisms is found in the soil. These two elements are sufficient to determine the strategic value of the soil resource.
The soil can be considered as a living “organism” that consumes and transforms energy, especially thanks to its microbiological component. One cubic centimeter of soil contains billions of microorganisms that feed on organic matter. Among these there are some indifferent, others pathogens and others still useful for the development of the plant. A good content of humified organic matter in the soil tends to shift the balance towards the latter, greatly improving the conditions for the growth and development of plants. Some of these, such as mycorrhizal fungi, establish a symbiotic relationship with the plant, helping it to obtain water and nutrients. Other fungi and bacteria, that develop especially in the rhizosphere, the soil area immediately next to the roots, positively modify the physical-chemical environment, stimulating root growth, improving the solubilization of nutrients, protecting the plant from attacks by pathogenic organisms and reinforcing its defenses. They also produce biostimulating factors that positively influence plant physiology and metabolism. This is the reason why the soil cannot be considered as a simple support for the roots, where the water and nutrients necessary for plant growth circulate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The humified organic matter plays an important role in improving the availability of nutrients for the plant and in maintaining a high level of microbiological activity for the development of a microbiome able to counteract the phenomena of soil fatigue. Agronomically, organic matter is defined as the whole complex of life forms present in the soil and the matter formed by their decomposition. The most important fraction of the organic substance is humus<\/strong>, resulting from long and complex microbial transformations that lead to the formation of carbon-rich very stable substances, which do not quickly transform into mineral nutrients, but which play a very important role in the soil and for the plant. Humus is mainly composed of humic substances: humic acids, fulvic acids and humins.<\/strong> Humic substances condition soil fertility, with positive effects on its physical, chemical and biological characteristics. A soil well-endowed with humified organic substance favors an optimal environment for plant growth.<\/p>

The benefits of humified organic matter include:<\/strong><\/p>