Impact of genetically modified crops and their management on soil microbially mediated plant nutrient transformations

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 816-824

  Motavalli, P P ^a   Kremer, R J ^a   Fang, M ^a   Means, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; GENES; NUTRITION; OXIDATION; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

NUTRIENT MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT TRANSFORMATIONS; SOIL ASSIMILATION; SOLUBILIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURE; AGROECOSYSTEM; ALKALINIZATION; CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; GLOBAL CHANGE; IMMOBILIZATION; IRON BALANCE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT TRANSFORMATION; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT ROOT; PROCESS MONITORING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; ROOT EXUDATE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOLUBILIZATION; TILLAGE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 2442682935     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0816     Document Type: Conference Paper

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