Microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen transformations in a loam soil amended with organic-inorganic N sources and their effect on growth and N-uptake in maize

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-132

  Abbasi, M Kaleem ^a   Khizar, Almas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CO 2 evaluation; Microbial biomass; Mineralization; N uptake; N recovery; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

APPARENT RECOVERY; CROP GROWTH; DEGRADED SOILS; DRY MATTER YIELD; FERTILIZED SOILS; LOAM SOILS; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MAIZE SEEDLINGS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS C; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON AND NITROGEN; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; N FERTILIZERS; N-RECOVERY; NUTRIENT-POOR SOILS; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; ORGANIC SOURCES; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; PLANT COMMUNITIES; POT EXPERIMENT; POTENTIAL SOURCES; POULTRY MANURE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; WHITE CLOVER;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; FERTILIZERS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LAKES; MANURES; MINERALOGY; NITRIFICATION; SILICATE MINERALS; UREA; UREA FERTILIZERS;

SOILS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON; CROP PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; LOAM; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MANURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBSTRATE; TRANSFORMATION; UREA;

TRIFOLIUM REPENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855269278     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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