Variation in competitive abilities of plants and microbes for specific amino acids

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-261

  Lipson, D A ^a   Raab, T K ^a   Schmidt, S K ^a   Monson, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alpine nitrogen cycle; Amino acids; Kobresia myosuroides; Organic nitrogen; Plant microbe competition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; GLYCINE; NUTRIENT; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT; SOIL NUTRIENT;

KOBRESIA MYOSUROIDES;

EID: 0032792570     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050550     Document Type: Article

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