Carbon input by plants into the soil. Review

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 421-431

  Kuzyakov, Yakov ^a   Domanski, Grzegorz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

13C; 14C; Assimilate allocation; Below ground C translocation; C turnover and balance; Exudation; Rhizosphere; Root respiration; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001490375     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2624(200008)163:4<421::AID-JPLN421>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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