Organic forms of soil nitrogen

Nitrogen in Agricultural Soils

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 67-122

  Stevenson, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino sugars; Aquatic sediments; Fulvic acids; Histosols; Humic acids; Organic nitrogen; Quinones; Soil plant system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102330257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr22.c3     Document Type: Chapter

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