SEASONAL-CHANGES IN MICROBIAL BIOMASS IN SOILS CROPPED WITH PALMAROSA(CYMBOPOGON-MARTINII L) AND JAPANESE MINT (MENTHA-ARVENSIS L) IN SUBTROPICAL INDIA

Authors
PATRA DD CHAND S ANWAR M
Citation
Dd. Patra et al., SEASONAL-CHANGES IN MICROBIAL BIOMASS IN SOILS CROPPED WITH PALMAROSA(CYMBOPOGON-MARTINII L) AND JAPANESE MINT (MENTHA-ARVENSIS L) IN SUBTROPICAL INDIA, Biology and fertility of soils, 19(2-3), 1995, pp. 193-196
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Biology and fertility of soils → ACNP
ISSN journal
01782762
Volume
19
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
193 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0178-2762(1995)19:2-3<193:SIMBIS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Changes in microbial C, N, and P were investigated for 1 year in two s oils with similar physicochemical properties but supporting different crops under subtropical conditions. One was cropped with palmarosa (Cy mbopogon martinii L.) and the other with Japanese mint (Mentha arvensi s L.). Both the season and the type of cropping had a significant infl uence on changes in the soil microbial biomass. In general, soil micro bial biomass C, N, and P were highest in summer months and lowest in m idwinter. Soil microbial biomass levels and microbial C:N and C:P rati os were higher and N:P ratios lower under palmarosa soil than under mi nt.