Temperature effects on soil organic sulphur mineralization and elemental sulphur oxidation in subtropical soils of varying pH

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Jaggi, Ramesh C ^a   Aulakh, Milkha S ^b,c   Sharma, Randhir ^a  

^a CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Elemental sulphur; Immobilization; Mineralization; Organic S; Oxidation; S fertilizers; Semiarid soils; Subtropical region

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 0033058354     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009770919296     Document Type: Article

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