Microbial biomass, community diversity, and enzyme activities in response to urea application in tea orchard soils

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 797-810

  Ge, Chaorong ^a   Xue, Dong ^b   Huaiying, Yao ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microbial community diversity; Tea orchard soil; Urea

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LAND USE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORCHARD; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEA; UREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950886831     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103621003592325     Document Type: Article

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