Changes in microbial biomass indices after 10 years of farmyard manure and vegetal fertilizer application to a sandy soil under organic management

Plant and Soil

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 221-234

  Heinze, Stefanie ^a   Oltmanns, Meike ^b   Joergensen, Rainer Georg ^a   Raupp, Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Institute for Biodynamic Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodynamic preparations; Crop yield; Ergosterol; Farmyard manure; Microbial biomass; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; ERGOSTEROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; POTATO; SANDY SOIL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BOS; SECALE CEREALE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79956072072     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0712-8     Document Type: Article

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