A CLASSICAL HERITAGE IS ALWAYS VALID (ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEBIRTH OF KONONOVA,M.M.)

Citation
Ll. Shishov et al., A CLASSICAL HERITAGE IS ALWAYS VALID (ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEBIRTH OF KONONOVA,M.M.), Eurasian soil science, 31(7), 1998, pp. 700-710
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
ISSN journal
10642293
Volume
31
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
700 - 710
Database
ISI
SICI code
1064-2293(1998)31:7<700:ACHIAV>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The paper elucidates the main stages of the scientific, organizational , social, and international activities of Professor M.M. Kononova, who devoted more than fifty years to the study of soil organic matter. Th e most important works that were performed in the laboratory of bioche mistry and biology of soils under her supervision are described. The p roblems of the biochemistry of humus formation, the nature and composi tion of humic substances and their role in soil fertility, the interac tion between humic substances and the mineral mass of soil, and the tr ansformation of the humus status of soils under agricultural use and a melioration are discussed. It is demonstrated that the methodology dev eloped by Kononova and the knowledge gained by her together with her d isciples are of fundamental importance for solving the modern problems of soil conservation and for the preservation of ecological balance i n the biosphere.