Evaluation of criteria for describing crop residue degradability in a model of carbon and nitrogen turnover in soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1135-1149

  Henriksen, Trond M ^a   Breland, Tor A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Decomposition model; Fractionation; Hemicellulose; In vitro digestibility; Microbial biomass; Residue quality; Van Soest analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; HOLOCELLULOSE; MICROBE METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SIMULATION MODEL;

CROP RESIDUE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL NUTRIENT;

EID: 0033029799     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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