Response of soil microorganisms after converting a saline desert to arable land in central Asia

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  Liu, Shenglin ^a   Maimaitiaili, Baidengsha ^b   Joergensen, Rainer Georg ^c   Feng, Gu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino sugars; Ergosterol; Microbial biomass C; PLFA; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949439029     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.08.024     Document Type: Article

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