Partitioning and translocation of photosynthetically fixed 14C in grazed hill pastures

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-158

  Saggar, S ^a   Hedley, C ^a   Mackay, A D ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

14C pulse labelling; Carbon budgets; Carbon fluxes; Microbial biomass; Pasture fertility

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HILLSLOPE; PASTURE; RHIZOSPHERE; TRANSLOCATION;

EID: 0030797648     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050296     Document Type: Article

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