Carbon and nitrogen mineralization as influenced by long-term soil and crop residue management systems in australia 1

Defining Soil Quality for a Sustainable Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 193-200

  Gupta, V V S R ^a,b   Grace, Peter R ^b   Roper, M M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CRC for Soil and Land Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Crop residue management systems; Long term soil management systems; Microbial activity levels; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen mineralization; Particulate organic matter; Soil organic matter; Southern australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102327847     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub35.c13     Document Type: Chapter

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