Nitrogen cycling associated with the decomposition of sunflower stalks and wheat straw in a Vertisol

Plant and Soil

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 71-82

  Corbeels, Marc ^a,b   Hofman, Georges ^b,c   Van Cleemput, Oswald ^c  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE   (Morocco)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

15N; Immobilization; Mineralization; Sunflower stalks; Vertisol; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CROPPING SYSTEM; DENITRIFICATION; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT LITTER; PLANT RESIDUE; SOIL; VERTISOL;

CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL CARBON; VERTISOL;

HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034099879     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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