Assessment of soil nitrogen availability

Nitrogen in Agricultural Soils

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 651-688

  Stanford, George ^a  

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Biochemical process; Chemical indexes; Greenhouse index; Mineralizable soil; Nitrogen fertilization; Residual mineral nitrogen; Short term incubations; Soil organic nitrogen availability; Soil sampling

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DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr22.c17     Document Type: Chapter

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