Straw mulching and nitrogen application altered ammonia oxidizers communities and improved soil quality in the alkaline purple soil of southwest China

Abstract Microbe-mediated ammonia oxidation is a key process in soil nitrogen cycle. However, the effect of maize straw mulching on the ammonia oxidizers in the alkaline purple soil remains largely unknown. A three-year positioning experiment was designed as follows: straw mulching measures as the m...

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Main Authors: Songhe Chen, Rencai Gao, Xiaoling Xiang, Hongkun Yang, Hongliang Ma, Ting Zheng, Yun Xiao, Xue Zhang, Han Li, Gaoqiong Fan, Yang Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-04-01
Series:AMB Express
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-021-01211-x