Changes in the chemical composition of soil organic matter over time in the presence and absence of living roots: a pyrolysis GC/MS study

Plant and Soil

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 161-177

  Suárez Abelenda, Manuel ^a,b   Ahmad, Riaz ^a,c   Camps Arbestain, Marta ^a   Herath, Saman H M S K ^a,d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d UVA WELLASSA UNIVERSITY   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Andisol and Alfisol; Cellulose and lignin degradation; Living roots; Long term laboratory incubation; Molecular characterization; Plant litter decomposition; Py GC MS; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; ANDISOL; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGNIN; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; ROOT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION COVER;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84938213129     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2423-7     Document Type: Article

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