Response of soil microbial biomass and enzymes activity to cadmium (Cd) toxicity under different soil textures and incubation times

Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 674-680

  Hassan, Waseem ^a,b   Akmal, Muhammad ^a   Muhammad, Ibrahim ^b,c   Younas, Muhammad ^b   Kashif Rafiq Zahaid, ^b   Ali, Farhan ^b,d  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Cereal Crops Research Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Enzymes activity; Microbial biomass; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878103900     PISSN: 18352693     EISSN: 18352707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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