Nitrification and denitrification in an acidic soil of tea (camellia sinensis l.) field estimated by δ15n values of leached nitrogen from the soil columns treated with ammonium nitrate in the presence or absence of a nitrification inhibitor and with slow-release fertilizers

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 585-593

  Morita, Akio ^a   Takano, Hiroshi ^b   Oota, Mitsuru ^b   Yoneyama, Tadakatsu ^c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shizuoka Tea Experiment Station   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Dicyandiamide; Nitrification; Tea field; 15N

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0036688183     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2002.10409242     Document Type: Article

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