Recovery of fertilizer-derived inorganic-15N in a vegetable field soil as affected by application of an organic amendment

Plant and Soil

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 191-201

  Choi, Woo Jung ^a   Ro, Hee Myong ^b   Chang, Scott X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

immobilization mineralization; inorganic N; N loss; organic amendment; vegetable field soil

Indexed keywords

IMMOBILIZATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS;

EID: 8744316921     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLSO.0000047726.09394.d3     Document Type: Article

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