Organic matter and aggregation in a degraded potato soil as affected by raw and composted pulp residue

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 441-447

  Gagnon, Bernard ^a   Lalande, Roger ^a   Fahmy, Sherif H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compost; Microbial biomass; Organic matter; Pulp fibre; Soil enzyme

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COMPOSTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0035661631     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-001-0428-2     Document Type: Article

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