Decomposition of carbon-14-labelled wheat straw in repeatedly fumigated and non-fumigated soils with different levels of heavy metal contamination

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 86-91

  Chander, Krishan ^b   Klein, Thomas ^c   Eberhardt, Ulrich ^c   Joergensen, Rainer Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Isotope Lab for Biol/Med Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide production; Fumigation extraction; Heavy metal contamination; Microbial biomass; Substrate utilisation efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; FUMIGATION; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036922681     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-002-0443-y     Document Type: Article

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