Nitrogen mineralization and immobilization

Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 157-172

  Myrold, D D ^a   Bottomley, P J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium production; Chemical immobilization; Depolymerization; Microbial strategies; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen immobilization; Nitrogen mineralization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103037802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr49.c5     Document Type: Chapter

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