Soil pH controls nitrification and carbon substrate utilization more than urea or charcoal in some highly acidic soils

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 515-522

  Yao, Huaiying ^a   Campbell, Colin D ^b,c   Qiao, Xiaorong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidic soil; Carbon substrate utilization; Charcoal; Nitrification; Urea

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; CHARCOAL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; LIME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL RESPIRATION; TERPENE; UREA;

CHINA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958265910     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-011-0554-4     Document Type: Article

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