Denitrification from sandy soils treated with liquid or dry granular nitrogen form

Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 686-693

  Paramasivam, S ^a   Alva, A K ^a   Prakash, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylene inhibition; Denitrification; Dry granular fertilizer; Fluorescein Diacetate Assay; Liquid fertilizer; Nitrogen; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AMMONIUM NITRATE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER EFFECT; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ANALYSIS;

DENITRIFICATION; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN; SANDY SOIL; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0031664246     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199809000-00002     Document Type: Article

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