Soil microbial biomass and enzyme activities as influenced by organic manure incorporation into soils of a rice-rice system

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-178

  Dinesh, R ^a,b   Dubey, R P ^a,b   Shyam Prasad, G ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICAR ^*

Author keywords

Microbial biomass; Nitrogen flush; Organic manures; Soil enzymes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MANURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; RICE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0031759295     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.1998.tb00414.x     Document Type: Article

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