Impact of fertilization on the abundance of nitrifiers and denitrifiers at the root–soil interface of plants with different uptake strategies for nitrogen

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-64

  Kastl, Eva Maria ^a   Schloter Hai, Brigitte ^a   Buegger, Franz ^b   Schloter, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Ger   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dactylis glomerata; Denitrification; Festuca rubra; Inorganic fertilizer; Nitrification; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GRASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RHIZOSPHERE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA RUBRA;

EID: 84926652675     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-014-0948-1     Document Type: Article

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