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Methodologies - rhizodeposition by legumes

This is the section for methodologies on Rhizodeposition by legumes.

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Nitrogen rhizodeposited by faba bean and chickpea

The method described is based on labelling plants with 15N enriched urea either absorbed through a cut petiole (chickpea) or injected into the hollow stem (faba bean); then recovery of the labelled material from the plant-soil system. 

Authors: Luis López Bellido, University of Córdoba, 14071 Spain. First published on this site 22 May 2012.

File for download: Word (.doc) file describing the procedure, 20kb:

Bellido_Cordoba_rhizodeposition_2012_05_22