Phosphatase and urease activities in a tropical sandy soil as affected by soil water-holding capacity and assay conditions

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 19-20, 2002, Pages 3745-3755

  Sall, S N ^a   Chotte, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; SOIL WATER; UREASE;

PHOSPHATASE; SANDY SOIL; SOIL WATER; TROPICAL SOIL; UREA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; INCUBATION TIME; PH; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TROPICS; WATER CONTENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036940160     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120015919     Document Type: Article

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