Assessing the reliability of permanganate-oxidizable carbon as an index of soil labile carbon

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 969-978

  Tirol Padre, A ^a   Ladha, J K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; ENZYMES; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION;

MICROBIAL ENZYMES; ORGANIC MANURES;

SOILS;

INDEX METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 2442636842     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.9690     Document Type: Article

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