Soil aggregation and total diversity of bacteria and fungi in various tillage systems of sub-humid and semi-arid Kenya

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-20

  Kihara, J ^a,b   Martius, C ^b,c   Bationo, A ^d   Thuita, M ^a   Lesueur, D ^e   Herrmann, L ^a   Amelung, W ^f   Vlek, P L G ^b  

^a Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility (TSBF) Institute of CIAT   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Inter American Institute for Global Change Research IAI   (Brazil)

^d CSIR Office Complex   (Ghana)

^e CIRAD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crop residues; Intercropping; Maize; PCR DGGE; Soil structure; Soybean; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860625506     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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