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Mineralization of inositol hexaphosphate in soils increased at all moisture levels during 60 days incubation. Water-logging influenced the mineralization process to the greatest extent probably by inducing a conducive environment optimum for proliferating phytase-producing microorganisms.
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Ahmed, B. Mineralization of inositol hexaphosphate in soil at varying static moisture levels. Plant Soil 44, 253–256 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00016975
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