Microbial community composition and carbon cycling within soil microenvironments of conventional, low-input, and organic cropping systems

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-30

  Kong, Angela Y Y ^a   Scow, Kate M ^a   Córdova Kreylos, Ana Lucía ^b   Holmes, William E ^a   Six, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Marrone Bio Innovations   (United States)

Author keywords

13C Phospholipid fatty acid; Cropping systems; Root C; Soil microenvironments

Indexed keywords

C INCORPORATION; C SEQUESTRATION; CARBON CYCLING; CLAY PARTICLES; COVER CROPS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; FUNGAL ACTIVITY; HAIRY VETCH; INPUT SYSTEMS; MAIZE GROWING SEASON; MICROAGGREGATES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROENVIRONMENTS; N AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; RELATIVE RETENTION; ROOT-C; STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING; SUBSTRATE QUALITY; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS; ZEA MAYS;

CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); ISOTOPES; MANURES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SILT;

FATTY ACIDS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FATTY ACID; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATION; SILTY CLAY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; POSIBACTERIA; VICIA VILLOSA; VICIA VILLOSA VARIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78449235638     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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