Soil characteristics, belowground diversity and rates of simazine mineralisation of a New Zealand Gley Soil in a chronosequence under horticultural use

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 633-640

  Sparling, G ^a   Schipper, L A ^a,e   Yeates, G W ^b   Aislabie, J ^a   Vojvodic Vukovic, M ^a   Ryburn, J ^a   Di, H J ^c   Hewitt, A E ^d  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blackcurrant cropping; Microbial diversity; Organic matter; Simazine degradation; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOASSAY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BULK DENSITY; CATABOLISM; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; DIVERSITY INDEX; FRUIT; GLEYSOL; HORTICULTURE; NEMATODE; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PASTURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DECLINE; SIMAZINE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOPSOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; RIBES HUDSONIANUM; RIBES NIGRUM;

EID: 43149102271     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-007-0247-1     Document Type: Article

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