Nitrogen release from eucalypt leaves and legume residues as influenced by their biochemical quality and degree of contact with soil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-28

  Corbeels, M ^a,b   O'Connell, A M ^a   Grove, T S ^a   Mendham, D S ^a   Rance, S J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Eucalypt; Legumes; N mineralisation; Residue quality; Surface application

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; LEGUME; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; PLANT RESIDUE;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0038581775     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022899212115     Document Type: Article

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