Nutrient release and fungal succession during decomposition of crop residues in a shifting cultivation system

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 497-515

  Majumder, M ^a   Shukla, A K ^b   Arunachalam, A ^a  

^a Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya ^*  (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Decomposition coefficient; Fungal diversity; Humid tropics; Litter chemistry; Microbial population; Mineralization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CARBON; CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; HUMID TROPICS; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUCCESSION;

INDIA;

CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE CORACANA;

EID: 77949336354     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620903495571     Document Type: Article

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