Nitrogen pools and turnover in arable soils under different durations of organic farming: I: Pool sizes of total soil nitrogen, microbial biomass nitrogen, and potentially mineralizable nitrogen

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 415-419

  Friedel, Jürgen K ^a   Gabel, Doris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitrogen mineralization; Nutrient storage function; Organic farming; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038289945     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2624(200108)164:4<415::AID-JPLN415>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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