Impact of plant residue quality on the size of the microbial biomass pool and net N-mineralization

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-318

  Singh, Hema ^a   Singh, S K ^b   Singh, A N ^a   Raghubanshi, A S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b A N COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dryland; Microbial management; Nutrient availability; Residue; Rice paddy soil

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PADDY FARMING; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0033365745     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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