Effects of different freezing methods on estimates of soil microbial biomass N by fumigation-extraction

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 326-327

  Friedel, Jürgen K ^a   Kobel, Corinne ^a   Pfeffer, Michael ^b   Fitz, Walter J ^a   Wenzel, Walter W ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Freezing; Liquid nitrogen; Microorganisms; Ninhydrin reactive N; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141993648     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200390050     Document Type: Article

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