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Root exudates of Brachiaria humidicola, a tropical pasture grass, and its effect on nitrification and soil microorganisms

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Title Root exudates of Brachiaria humidicola, a tropical pasture grass, and its effect on nitrification and soil microorganisms
 
Creator Gopalakrishnan, S
Watanabe, T
Ito, O
Subbarao, G
 
Subject Soil Science
Fertilizer Appications
 
Description Nitrification is an important biological process in global nitrogen cycling whereby
ammonia is converted to nitrite and nitrate by nitrifying bacteria (species of
Nitrosomonas, Nitrospira and Nitrobacter). The nitrification products are vulnerable to
leaching and denitrification: an estimated 45% of applied fertilizer is lost by leaching and
10% to 30.....
 
Date 2007
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5885/1/Rhizosphere_2_abstract.pdf
Gopalakrishnan, S and Watanabe, T and Ito, O and Subbarao, G (2007) Root exudates of Brachiaria humidicola, a tropical pasture grass, and its effect on nitrification and soil microorganisms. In: “Rhizosphere 2” conference, 26-31 Aug 2007, Montpellier, France.