Mineralization and nitrification potentials of grassland soils at shallow depth during laboratory incubation

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 497-502

  Abbasi, M Kaleem ^a   Shah, Zahir ^b   Adams, W A ^c  

^a University College of Agriculture   (Pakistan)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grassland; Immobilization; Mineralization; Nitrification; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041902452     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2624(200110)164:5<497::AID-JPLN497>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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