Decomposition of Bt transgenic rice residues and response of soil microbial community in rapeseed-rice cropping system

Plant and Soil

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 279-290

  Lu, Haohao ^a,b   Wu, Weixiang ^b   Chen, Yingxu ^b   Zhang, Xiaojun ^d   Devare, Medha ^c   Thies, Janice E ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bt transgenic rice; Cry1Ab; Litter decomposition dynamics; Microbial community; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; FUNGUS; INTERCROPPING; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RICE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 78049248886     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0476-1     Document Type: Article

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