Denitrification from the horticultural peats: Effects of pH, nitrogen, carbon, and moisture contents

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-302

  Amha, Yosef ^a   Bohne, Heike ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal and potential denitrification; Glucose; Liming; Nitrate; Peat forming environment; Water filled pore space

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GLUCOSE; HORTICULTURE; LIMING; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEAT; PH; PORE SPACE;

EID: 79952574900     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0536-y     Document Type: Article

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