Influence of Lumbricus terrestris inoculation on green manure disappearance and the decomposer community in a walnut orchard

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1509-1516

  Ramert B ^a   Bugg, R L ^b   Clark, M S ^c   Werner, M R ^d   McGuinn, R P ^e   Poudel, D D ^f   Berry, A M ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BEREA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover crop; Earthworm; Isopoda; Vetch; Vicia; Walnut

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; GROWING SEASON; MANURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; ORCHARD; PLANT RESIDUE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL INOCULATION; UNITED STATES;

DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; INOCULATION; MANURE; SOIL BIOTA;

UNITED STATES;

ALLOLOBOPHORA; ALLOLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; ANNELIDA; APORRECTODEA; CRUSTACEA; EISENIA FETIDA; ISOPODA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS REGIA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; ONISCIDAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 0034839781     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(01)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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