Crop residue decomposition in Minnesota biochar-amended plots

Solid Earth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 499-507

  Weyers, S L ^a   Spokas, K A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDSTOCKS; PELLETIZING; RATE CONSTANTS; SOILS;

BIOCHAR AMENDMENTS; DECOMPOSER COMMUNITIES; DECOMPOSITION RATE CONSTANTS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESIDUE DECOMPOSITION; SOIL SURFACES;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES;

CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL DEGRADATION;

EID: 84902530908     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-5-499-2014     Document Type: Article

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