Defoliation and fertiliser influences on the soil microbial community associated with two contrasting Lolium perenne cultivars

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 674-682

  Macdonald, Lynne M ^a,b,c   Paterson, Eric ^a   Dawson, Lorna A ^a   McDonald, A James S ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultivar; Defoliation; Grazed ecosystem; Phospholipid fatty acids; Root turnover; Soil microbial community

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; FERTILIZERS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); SOILS;

DEFOLIATIO; GRAZED ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; ROOT TURNOVER; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY (SMC);

MICROORGANISMS;

CULTIVAR; DEFOLIATION; FERTILIZER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; FERTILIZERS; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL; VARIETIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 33645220600     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.06.017     Document Type: Article

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