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The production of volatile organic compounds during nitrogen transformations in soils

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The volatile organic compounds produced during a sequence of soil incubations under controlled conditions, with either added NH4 +-N or NO3 --N, were collected and identified. The nature and relative amounts of the volatile organic compounds produced by the microorganisms in the soils were remarkably reproducible and consistent.

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  1. Cellular and Environmental Physiology Department, Unit of Integrative Bioscience, Invergowrie, DD2 5DA, Dundee, UK

    R. E. Wheatley & S. E. Millar

  2. Chemistry Department, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, DD2 5DA, Dundee, UK

    D. W. Griffiths

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Wheatley, R.E., Millar, S.E. & Griffiths, D.W. The production of volatile organic compounds during nitrogen transformations in soils. Plant Soil 181, 163–167 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011303

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