从七十年代开始,我国在农业上就大量利用泥炭制做腐殖酸肥料;在工业上,也开展了应用泥炭的试验研究工作。在实践中,急需要一套适用于生产领域的应用分类,以利泥炭的合理利用。郑应顺等同志1980年2月在本刊发表的《试论泥炭的应用分类》(以下简称《试论》),是我国第一篇专门论述泥炭应用分类的文章,是值得欢迎的。可是,该分类的 Since the seventies, China has made extensive use of peat for humic acid fertilizer in agriculture. In the industry, peat experimental research has also been carried out. In practice, there is an urgent need for a set of application categories suitable for production to facilitate the rational utilization of peat. Zheng Yingshun and other comrades published in our magazine in February 1980, “On the application of peat classification” (hereinafter referred to as “trial”), is China’s first article dedicated to the classification of peat articles, is welcome. However, the classification