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Soil Fertility - edX Programme 

Farmers want to realize an optimal crop yield, with a good crop quality. The key to this, is to have a fertile soil. 

1. When plants are growing, they form roots in the soil.
2. Soil is composed of a matrix of minerals, organic matter, air, and water.
3. Plants use their roots to take up nutrients, which they need to grow.
4. But plants can only take up nutrients from water. In other words, plants do not eat soil,
5. rather their roots take up nutrients that are dissolved in what we call the soil solution.

Another important aspect of a fertile soil is a good soil structure so that plants can penetrate and explore the soil with their roots. A fertile soil also has to supply sufficient water to plants.

Fertilily = Fruchtbarkeit 

Crop quality = Pflanzenqualität

Crop yield = Ernteertrag

Information Source eDx programme: Soil Fertility

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