Use of enzyme activities as a soil credibility indicator

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 446-449

  Kizilkaya, Rýdvan ^a,b   Askin, Tayfun ^a   Özdemir, Nutullah ^a,b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Erodibility; Erosion indicator; Extracellular enzyme activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242345262     PISSN: 00195022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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