Response of soil microbial biomass and community structures to conventional and organic farming systems under identical crop rotations

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-37

  Esperschütz, Jürgen ^a   Gattinger, Andreas ^b   Mäder, Paul ^c   Schloter, Michael ^a   Fließbach, Andreas ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DOK long term field trial; Microbial community; Organic farming; PLEL; PLFA

Indexed keywords

ETHER PHOSPHOLIPID; FATTY ACID; ORGANIC FERTILIZER;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROP ROTATION; FUNGAL BIOMASS; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SOIL MICROFLORA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

PROKARYOTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34250004874     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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