Relationship between changes of soil microbial biomass content and imazamox and benfluralin degradation

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-17

  Vischetti, Costantino ^a   Casucci, Cristiano ^b   Perucci, Piero ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benfluralin; Degradation kinetics; Imazamox; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0036922455     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-001-0433-5     Document Type: Article

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