Continuous defoliation of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and white clover (Trifolium repens) and associated changes in the composition and activity of the microbial population of an upland grassland soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-58

  Mawdsley, J L ^a   Bardgett, R D ^a,b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Defoliation; Dehydrogenase activity; Fungi; Microbial biomass; Microbial populations; Pseudomonas spp.; Respiration; Upland grassland; Upland soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; PSEUDOMONAS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; FABACEAE; POACEAE;

DEFOLIATION; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; RHIZOSPHERE; UPLAND SOIL; WHITE CLOVER;

EID: 0030613481     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01420220     Document Type: Article

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