Arylamidase activity as an index of nitrogen mineralization in soils

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 2197-2207

  Dodor, Daniel E ^a   Tabatabai, M Ali ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological methods; Chemical methods; Organic N in soils; Plant available N; Soil enzymes

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; AMINO ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL NITROGEN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548380505     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620701549132     Document Type: Article

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