Fixation and defixation of ammonium in soils: A review

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Nieder, Rolf ^a   Benbi, Dinesh K ^b   Scherer, Heinrich W ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Availability to plants and microflora; Fixed NH4+ (NH4+f); N dynamics; Native NH4+f; NH4+f; Recently fixed NH4+

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CATION; GRANITE; GROWING SEASON; LIMESTONE; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; OXIDATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POTASSIUM; SANDSTONE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 79952185426     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0506-4     Document Type: Review

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