The impact of post-harvest treatments of transgenic eggplant residues on soil quality and microbial diversity

Agrochimica

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 296-307

  Mocali, S ^a   Dentice, A ^a   Marcucci, A ^a   Benedetti, A ^a  

^a CRA Centro di Ricerca per lo Studio delle Relazioni tra Pianta e Suolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological fertility; GMOs; Microbial activity; Post harvest treatments; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 75349099622     PISSN: 00021857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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