Changes in soil protease activity and numbers of culturable bacteria in upland fields by the application of liquid livestock feces

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 491-496

  Watanabe, Katsuji ^a   Niimi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial numbers; Liquid livestock feces; Soil caseinase; Soil z FLase

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 33749342058     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2005.tb00057.x     Document Type: Article

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