Symbiotic N2 fixation by soybean in organic and conventional cropping systems estimated by 15N dilution and 15N natural abundance

Plant and Soil

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 69-83

  Oberson, A ^a   Nanzer, S ^a   Bosshard, C ^a   Dubois, D ^b   Mader P ^c   Frossard, E ^a  

^a Research Station Eschikon   (Switzerland)

^b Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

15N Isotope dilution; 15N Natural abundance; Organic farming; Reference plants; Soybean; Symbiotic N2 fixation

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS;

ACER; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33846442416     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9122-3     Document Type: Article

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