Long-term effects of inorganic fertilizers on microbial biomass and community functional diversity in a paddy soil derived from quaternary red clay

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 84-91

  Zhong, W H ^a,b   Cai, Z C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biolog analysis; Microbial biomass; Microbial functional diversity; Paddy soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247882836     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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