Effect of organic mulches on soil bacterial communities one year after application

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 273-281

  Yang, Yoo Jeong ^a   Dungan, Robert S ^b   Ibekwe, A Mark ^b   Valenzuela Solano, Cesar ^a   Crohn, David M ^a   Crowley, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenase activity; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Fatty acid; Organic mulch; Soil bacterial community structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FATTY ACID; MULCH; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 0142027977     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-003-0639-9     Document Type: Article

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