Quantification of the microbial biomass by determining ninhydrin-reactive N

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-306

  Joergensen, Rainer Georg ^a  

^a Institut fur Bodenwissenschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ESTIMATION; BIOMASS NINHYDRIN-REACTIVE N; FUMIGATION-EXTRACTION METHOD; MICROBIAL BIOMASS C; SOIL;

EID: 0029661461     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00141-7     Document Type: Article

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