Thatch and soil characteristics of cool- and warm-season turfgrasses

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 15-16, 2004, Pages 2161-2176

  Raturi, S ^a   Islam, K R ^b   Carroll, M J ^a   Hill, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal and maintenance respiration rates; Bentgrass; Bulk density; C sequestration; Lignin; Microbial biomass; Total C; Zoysiagrass

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; LIGNIN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; DECOMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POROSITY; SEASON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; TURFGRASS;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA VAR. PALUSTRIS; JAPONICA; POACEAE; ZOYSIA; ZOYSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 5344272586     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LCSS-200029005     Document Type: Article

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