ammonificationn.
The chemical process by which ammonia is produced. Also, impregnation with ammonia; saturation with ammonia.
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1886 Sci. Amer. Suppl. XXII. 8789/3 Ammonification [of the soil of Japan] can be performed only to a depth of 60 centimeters.
1910 C. G. Hopkins Soil Fertility xiv. 195 Plant food is made available by chemical and biochemical processes, of which ammonification and nitrification are..best understood.
1911 Centr. Bakt. Par. XXXI. 53 Ammonia production in different lengths of time..was studied with a view toward shortening the ammonification period.
1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. viii. 237 Bacterium mycoides plays a major rôle in ammonification, especially in cultivated soils.
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