Comparison of uptake of different N forms by soil microorganisms and two wet-grassland plants: A pot study

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1285-1291

  Kaštovská, Eva ^a   Šantrůčková, Hana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ammonium; Grassland soil; Nitrate; Plant N demand; Plant microbial competition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AMMONIUM-N; APICAL MERISTEMS; GRASSLAND SOIL; INCUBATION STUDY; N TRANSFORMATION; N-FIXATION; NITRATE-N; PLANT N DEMAND; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT-MICROBIAL COMPETITION; PLANTS GROWING; SHORT TERM; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SOIL MICROBES; TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS; TURNOVER TIME; WETLAND PLANTS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPETITION; EXPERIMENTS; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES;

SOILS;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GRASSLAND SOIL; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEDGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WETLAND;

CAREX; CAREX ACUTA; GLYCERIA; GLYCERIA MAXIMA;

EID: 79954584835     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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