Size and activity of soil microbial communities in long-term experimental grassland plots treated with manure and inorganic fertilizers

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 66-70

  Hopkins, D W ^a   Shiel, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmyard manure; Glucose affinity; Long term experiment; Michaelis constant; Microbial biomass; NPK fertilizers; Respiratory activity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRASSLAND; INORGANIC FERTILIZER; MANURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL;

EID: 85047679262     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00384434     Document Type: Article

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