Enzyme activities and microbial biomass carbon in a soil amended with organic and inorganic fertilizers

Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 563-569

  Hojati, Saeid ^a   Nourbakhsh, Farshid ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Discriminant functions; Enzyme activities; Microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845721778     PISSN: 18125379     EISSN: 18125417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ja.2006.563.569     Document Type: Article

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