The problem of pretreatment and unintentional variations in the fumigation-extraction method for time-course measurements in the field

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Mueller, Torsten ^a,b   Lavahun, Momoh F E ^a   Joergensen, Rainer Georg ^a   Meyer, Brunk ^a  

^a Institut fur Bodenwissenschaft   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analytical variations; Fumigation extraction; Microbial biomass; Root interference; Root pre extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029761220     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00384450     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Jenkinson DS, Ladd JN (1981) Microbial biomass in soil: Measurement and turnover. Soil Biochem 5:415-471
2. Jenkinson DS, Hart PBS, Rayner JH, Parry LC (1987) Modelling the turnover of organic matter in long-term experiments at Rothamsted. INTECOL Bull 15:1-8
3. Joergensen RG, Brookes PC, Jenkinson DS (1990) Survival of the soil microbial biomass at elevated temperatures. Soil Biol Biochem 22:1129-1136
4. Joergensen RG, Meyer B, Mueller T (1994) Time-course of the soil microbial biomass under wheat: A one-year field study. Soil Biol Biochem 26:987-994
5. Mueller T, Joergensen RG, Meyer B (1992) Estimation of soil microbial biomass C in the presence of living roots by fumigation-extraction. Soil Biol Biochem 24:179-181
6. McLaughlin MJ, Alston AM (1985) Measurement of phosphorus in the soil microbial biomass: Influence of plant material. Soil Biol Biochem 17:271-274
7. Merckx R, Martin JK (1987) Extraction of microbial biomass components from rhizosphere soils. Soil Biol Biochem 19:371-376
8. Ross DJ (1989) Estimation of soil microbial C by a fumigation extraction procedure: Influence of soil moisture content. Soil Biol Biochem 21:767-772
9. Sparling GP, West AW (1989) Importance of soil water content when estimating microbial C, N and P by the fumigation extraction methods. Soil Biol Biochem 21:245-253
10. Vance E, Brookes PC, Jenkinson DS (1987) An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C. Soil Biol Biochem 19:703-707
11. Widmer P, Brookes PC, Parry LC (1989) Microbial biomass nitrogen measurements in soils containing large amounts of inorganic nitrogen. Soil Biol Biochem 21:865-867
12. Wu J, Joergensen RG, Pommerening B, Chaussod R, Brookes PC (1990) Measurement of soil microbial biomass-C by fumigation-extraction - an automated procedure. Soil Biol Biochem 22:1167-1169
13. Zelles L, Adrian P, Bay QY, Stepper K, Adrian MV, Fischer K, Maier A, Ziegler A (1991) Microbial activity measured in soils stored under different temperature and humidity conditions. Soil Biol Biochem 10:955-962