Effect of plastic film mulching on soil microbial biomass in spring wheat field in semi-arid loess area

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1512-1516

  Song, Qiuhua ^a   Li, Fengmin ^a   Liu, Hongsheng ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Li, Shiqing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Plant nutrition; Plastic film mulching; Semi arid Loess Plateau; Soil microbial biomass carbon; Soil quality; Spring wheat

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; MULCHING; PLASTIC; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; WHEAT;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRITICUM;

CHINA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0242416201     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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