Biosolids amendment dramatically increases sequestration of crop residue-carbon in agricultural soils in western Illinois

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-93

  Tian, Guanglong ^a,b   Chiu, Chih Yu ^c   Franzluebbers, Alan J ^d   Oladeji, Olawale O ^a   Granato, Thomas C ^a   Cox, Albert E ^a  

^a Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sink; Microbial metabolic quotient; Microbial stress; Midwest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907694113     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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