The effects of manure and nitrogen fertilizer applications on soil organic carbon and nitrogen in a high-input cropping system

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ren, Tao ^a,b   Wang, Jingguo ^a   Chen, Qing ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Lu, Shuchang ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FERTILIZER; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC FERTILIZER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; CARBON; FERTILIZER; MANURE; NITROGEN; SOIL;

ARTICLE; CARBON STORAGE; CHICKEN; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPPING SYSTEM; DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STRAW; VEGETABLE; WHEAT; CHEMISTRY; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SOIL; TOMATO;

CARBON; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANURE; NITROGEN; SOIL;

EID: 84901323190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097732     Document Type: Article

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