Differences in responses of soil microbial properties and trifoliate orange seedling to biochar derived from three feedstocks

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 541-551

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Tan, Qiling ^a   Hu, Chengxiao ^a   Zheng, Cangsong ^a   Gui, Huiping ^a   Zeng, Weinan ^a   Sun, Xuecheng ^a   Zhao, Xiaohu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biochar; Plant growth; Soil acidification; Soil basal respiration; Soil enzyme activity; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925483737     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-014-1032-z     Document Type: Article

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