Soil microbial biomass relationships with organic matter fractions in a nebraska corn field mapped using apparent electrical conductivity

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1480-1488

  Grigera, María S ^a   Drijber, Rhae A ^a   Eskridge, Kent M ^a   Wienhold, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROORGANISMS;

ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER (POM); SOIL WATER;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BUFFALO COUNTY [NEBRASKA]; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748541080     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0331     Document Type: Article

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