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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

rhizosphere

Subject Category: P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Definition: The soil surrounding and directly influenced by plant roots.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/52688.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/52688
Used For: root zone
Broader Term: microhabitats; soil ecology
Narrower Term: rhizoplane
Related Term: rhizodeposition; rhizosphere bacteria; rhizosphere competence; rhizosphere fungi; root residues; root zone drying; root zone temperature
Spanish: rizosfera
Term Number: 52688

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