Soil microbial populations and activities as influenced by legume green fallow in a semiarid climate

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1775-1784

  Biederbeck, V O ^a   Zentner, R P ^a   Campbell, C A ^b  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Green fallow; Legume green manure; Microbial populations; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; ENZYMES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; POPULATION STATISTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

DEHYDROGENASE; FALLOW WHEAT (F-W); GREEN FALLOW (GF); MICROBIAL BIOMASS (MB);

SOILS;

SOIL MICROORGANISM;

FUNGI; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS SATIVUS; LATHYRUS TINGITANUS; LENS CULINARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 20544475422     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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