Kinetics of nitrification under upland and flooded soils of varying texture

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 2079-2089

  Aulakh, M S ^a   Kuldip Singh, ^a   Bijay Singh, ^a   Doran, J W ^b  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODED SOIL; NITRIFICATION; SOIL AERATION; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0030462717     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629609369689     Document Type: Article

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