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mineralization

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | © A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

mineralization The conversion of organic tissues to an inorganic state as a result of decomposition by soil micro-organisms.

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