The chemical and physical factors which influence the magnitude of the soil microbial
biomass and their relative importance in natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems are …

This review reveals that crop residues of common cultivated crops are an important resource
not only as a source of significant quantities of nutrients for crop production but also affecting …

The processes of N mineralization and immobilization which can occur in agricultural soils
during decomposition of plant residues are briefly reviewed in this paper. Results from …

Rice–wheat rotation is the most important cropping system of the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP)
and is responsible for the food security of the region. The effect of different integrated …

An understanding of the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) as affected by farming
practices is imperative for maintaining soil productivity and mitigating global warming. The …

The effect of soil inorganic N availability on the decomposition of maize residues was tested
under aerobic conditions in soil samples incubated for 125 days at 15° C. Carbon residue …

Publisher Summary Soils form a major repository of nitrogen (N) within both natural and
agricultural terrestrial ecosystems, containing, on a global basis, an estimated 2.4 x 10 11 …

Arable crops in the UK make a large contribution to nitrate leaching by virtue of the land area
they cover (> 4.5 million ha). By contrast horticultural crops occupy only a small area (< 0.2 …

ABSTRACT A technique to determine which nutrients limit bacterial growth in soil was
developed. The method was based on measuring the thymidine incorporation rate of …

Soil organic matter (SOM), microbial carbon (C mic), and microbial nitrogen (N mic) status
affected by the application of inorganic fertilizer and organic amendments in subtropical …