Kinetic and thermodynamic behaviors of soil urease as affected by urease inhibitors

Revista de la Ciencia del Suelo y Nutricion Vegetal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Juan, Y H ^a,b   Chen, Z H ^a   Chen, L J ^a   Wu, Z J ^a   Wang, R ^b   Sun, W T ^b   Zhang, Y L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b LIAONING ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Kinetic parameters; Soil urease; Temperatures; Thermodynamic parameters; Urease inhibitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952964652     PISSN: 0717635X     EISSN: 07182791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-27912010000100001     Document Type: Article

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