Organic amendment and inorganic fertilization affect soil properties and quality of Larix olgensis bareroot stock

New Forests

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-168

  Wei, Hongxu ^a,b   Xu, Chengyang ^a,b   Hawkins, Barbara J ^c   Ma, Lüyi ^a,b   Jiang, Lini ^a,b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fine roots; Larix olgensis; Nitrogen; Organic amendment; Phosphorus; Seedling quality

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE P; CHICKEN MANURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FINE ROOTS; FIRST-ORDER LATERAL ROOTS; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; LARIX OLGENSIS; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; SEEDLING GROWTH; SEEDLING QUALITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE AREA; TAP ROOT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; MANURES; NEEDLES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SOILS; TISSUE;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DILUTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GEOACCUMULATION; GROWTH; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL QUALITY; SURFACE AREA;

CHINA;

LARIX; LARIX GMELINII VAR. OLGENSIS;

EID: 84856425534     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-011-9270-z     Document Type: Article

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