Microbial use and decomposition of maize leaf straw incubated in packed soil columns at different depths

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-33

  Rottmann, Nils ^a   Dyckmans, Jens ^b   Joergensen, Rainer Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; Ergosterol; Microbial biomass C; Microbial residues; Particulate organic matter

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 72449169326     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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