Fungal and bacterial growth following the application of slurry and anaerobic digestate of livestock manure to temperate pasture soils

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 889-897

  Walsh, John J ^a   Rousk, Johannes ^a,b   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^a   Jones, Davey L ^a   Williams, A Prysor ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal waste; Biogas; Decomposer ecology; Grassland; Green fertiliser; Legume; Microbial ecology; Plant nutrition; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND SOIL; GROWTH RATE; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PASTURE; SLURRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE; SWARD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS;

EID: 84868367809     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-012-0681-6     Document Type: Article

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