Soil microbial biomass nitrogen and its relationship to uptake of nitrogen by plants

Pedosphere

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-256

  Zhou, Jianbin ^a   Li, Shengxiu ^a   Chen, Zhujun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mineral N; N uptake; Soil microbial biomass N

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROFORM; FUMIGATION; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

LOLIUM;

EID: 3843110189     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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