Mineralization dynamics of different commercial organic fertilizers from agro-industry organic waste recycling: An incubation experiment

Plant, Soil and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 93-99

  Baldi, E ^a   Toselli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Microbial biomass

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EID: 84896454568     PISSN: 12141178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/735/2013-pse     Document Type: Article

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