Net and gross nitrification in tea soils of varying productivity and their adjacent forest and vegetable soils

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-182

  Han Prof , Wen Yan ^a,b   Xu, Jian Ming ^a   Yi, Xiao Yun ^b   Lin, Yi Dong ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

15N isotopic dilution; acid soil; nitrification; nitrogen fertilizer; tea

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 84865829912     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2012.664783     Document Type: Article

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