Impact of salinity on soil microbial communities and the decomposition of maize in acidic soils

Geoderma

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 100-108

  Wichern, Jannike ^a   Wichern, Florian ^a   Joergensen, Rainer Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino sugars; Fungi to bacteria ratio; Microbial activity; Osmotic stress; Physiological adaptation; Salinisation

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CROPS; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGI; OSMOSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

FUNGI-TO-BACTERIA RATIO; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; SALINISATION;

SOILS;

DECOMPOSITION; MAIZE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AMINO SUGARS; BIOMASS; CORN; FUNGI; METABOLISM; SOIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HERINGEN; HESSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845192342     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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