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15N Tracing of Microbial Assimilation, Partitioning and Transport of Fertilisers in Grassland Soils

This book presents innovative research on soil nitrogen cycling and nitrate leaching with a view to improving soil management and fertiliser nitrogen use efficiency and reducing nitrogen leaching losses. In this regard, nitrogen-15 (15N)-labelled fertiliser was used as a biochemical and physical sta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Charteris, Alice Fiona (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Springer,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
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Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Sites, sampling, materials and methods
  • Compound-specific amino acid 15N stable isotope probing of nitrogen assimilation by the soil microbial biomass using gas chromatography-combustion- isotope ratio mass spectrometry
  • Biosynthetic routing, rates and extents of microbial fertiliser nitrogen assimilation in two grazed grassland soils
  • Microbial fertiliser nitrogen assimilation in the field as compared with the laboratory incubation experiments
  • 15N tracing of the partitioning and transport of nitrate under field conditions
  • Overview and future work.