A - Papers appearing in refereed journals
Bremner, J. M. 1955. Nitrogen transformations during the biological decomposition of straw composted with inorganic nitrogen. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 45 (4), pp. 469-475. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600046050
Authors | Bremner, J. M. |
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Abstract | 1. Nitrogen transformations during the decomposition of straw composted with ammonium carbonate have been studied by following the changes in (a) the amounts of inorganic and organic nitrogen; (b) the amounts of ammonia-, volatile base-, α-amino- and amino sugar-N liberated by acid hydrolysis of the organic nitrogen complexes; and (c) the amino acid composition of acid hydrolysates of the composts. 2. Synthesis of organic nitrogen during the biological decomposition of straw composted with ammonium carbonate is not accompanied by any gross change in the distribution of the forms of organic nitrogen. A large fraction of the organic nitrogen synthesized is in the form of protein; a smaller fraction is in the form of amino sugar. |
Year of Publication | 1955 |
Journal | The Journal of Agricultural Science |
Journal citation | 45 (4), pp. 469-475 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600046050 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Publisher's version | |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
ISSN | 0021-8596 |
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