Decomposition of leaf litter from chitinase transgenic silver birch (Betula pendula) and effects on decomposer populations in a field trial

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 338-349

  Vauramo, Saara ^a   Pasonen, Hanna Leena ^a   Pappinen, Ari ^a   Setälä, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Chitinase; Decomposition; Litter bag experiment; Nematodes; Transgenic tree

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BETULA PENDULA; NEMATODA;

EID: 33646201966     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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