Measurement of rhizosphere respiration and organic matter decomposition using natural 13C

Plant and Soil

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-268

  Cheng, Weixin ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Respiration; Rhizosphere; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030475821     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00011441     Document Type: Article

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