Characterization of the organic nitrogen fraction determined by the illinois soil nitrogen test

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1033-1043

  Kwon, Ho Young ^a   Hudson, Robert J M ^b   Mulvaney, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AMINO SUGAR; BACTERIAL CELLS; CONVENTIONAL ACIDS; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); DATA SETS; FIELD TRIAL; ILLINOIS; ILLINOIS SOIL NITROGEN TESTS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; N FERTILIZATION; N-COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SOIL SAMPLE;

AMIDES; AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CELL MEMBRANES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

SOIL TESTING;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DATA SET; DIFFUSION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIELD METHOD; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAIZE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POLYMER; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUGAR;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 65949122747     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0233     Document Type: Article

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