Soil Properties, Nutrient Dynamics, and Soil Enzyme Activities Associated with Garlic Stalk Decomposition under Various Conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Han, Xu ^a   Cheng, Zhihui ^a   Meng, Huanwen ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SUCRASE; UREASE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GARLIC; GARLIC STALK; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PH; PLANT STRUCTURES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; TEMPERATURE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYMES; GARLIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84870591338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050868     Document Type: Article

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