Dynamics of soil fungal and bacterial biomass in a temperate climate alley cropping system

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-147

  Seiter, Stefan ^a   Ingham, Elaine R ^a   William, Ray D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alnus; Green manure; Soil bacteria; Soil fungi; Tree prunings

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MICROSCOPY;

ALNUS RUBRA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032965451     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00163-2     Document Type: Article

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