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Plants and Soils: The Ecological Paradigm of Plants and Clays

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The pages of text and figures which precede these notes are intended to show what is the reality (perceived as such today) of plant – mineral interaction. This effort is at the same time new and a re-working of old ideas and knowledge. We have not invented a new concept to say the least. The interactions of plants and soil minerals have been suspected since people could write it down. Perhaps the Neolithic agro-pioneers would have done so if they had had the tools of such expression.

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  • Arocena J and Velde B (2009) Transformation of chlorites by primary biological agents: A synthesis of X-ray diffraction studies. Geomicrobiology J 26: 382–388.

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Velde, B., Barré, P. (2009). Plants and Soils: The Ecological Paradigm of Plants and Clays. In: Soils, Plants and Clay Minerals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03499-2_7

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