Denitrification in a vertisol under long-term tillage and no-tillage management in dryland agricultural systems: Key genes and potential rates

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-225

  Melero, Sebastiana ^a   Pérez de Mora, Alfredo ^b   Murillo, José Manuel ^a   Buegger, Franz ^b   Kleinedam, Kristina ^b   Kublik, Susanne ^b   Vanderlinden, Karl ^c   Moreno, Felix ^a   Schloter, Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

N2O N2 ratio; NirK; NirS; NosZ; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

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EID: 79951552204     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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