Effects of different organic manures on the biochemical and microbial characteristics of albic paddy soil in a short-term experiment.

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of chemical fertilizer (NPK), NPK with livestock manure (NPK+M), NPK with straw (NPK+S), and NPK with green manure (NPK+G) on soil enzyme activities and microbial characteristics of albic paddy soil, which is a typical soil with low productivity in China. The...

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Main Authors: Qian Zhang, Wei Zhou, Guoqing Liang, Xiubin Wang, Jingwen Sun, Ping He, Lujiu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4399876?pdf=render