The effects of plant secondary metabolites from coniferous needle leaf litter on the leaf litter decomposition of Betula albo-sinensis burk

• Main Authors: Zhang, Xiaoxi, Liu, Hui, Zhou, Wenxing, Li, Jiajia, Lei, Hangyu, Ji, Yongkang, Wang, Boya, Liu, Zengwen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13314/1/08%20Xiaoxi%20Zhang.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13314/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid48bil3_2019/KandunganJilid48Bil3_2019.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

In this study, leaf litters of Betula albo-sinensis and 5 coniferous species were used as samples. The B. albo-sinensis leaf litter was buried in soil and termly treated with the water extracts of five types of coniferous leaf litter for a 6-month simulation decomposition experiment. The dynamics of...