Urea hydrolysis of tea soils as influenced by incubation period, soil pH, and nitrification inhibitor

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2295-2307

  Venkatesan, S ^a   Sudhahar, V ^a   Senthurpandian, V K ^a   Murugesan, S ^a  

^a UPASI Tea Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Dicyandiamide; Kinetics; Tea soils; Urea hydrolysis; Urease activity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYDROLYSIS; INHIBITOR; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRIFICATION; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; UREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 35748982134     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620701588411     Document Type: Article

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