Mineralization and microbial biomass dynamics during decomposition of four leguminous residues

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 632-637

  Fosu, M ^a   Kühne, Ronald F ^b   Vlek, Paul L G ^c  

^a Savanna Agricultural Research Institute   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arid; Cover crop; Fallow management; Ghana; Nitrogen mineralization; Residue quality; Semi

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CALOPOGONIUM MUCUNOIDES; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVER CROP; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA JUNCEA; CROTALARIA RETUSA; DECOMPOSITION; FALLOW; IMMOBILIZED BIOMASS; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGUME; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LITTER; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; VELVET BEAN;

CALOPOGONIUM MUCUNOIDES; CROTALARIA JUNCEA; CROTALARIA RETUSA; MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS;

EID: 34948871010     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.632.637     Document Type: Article

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