Net nitrogen mineralization delay due to microbial regulation following the addition of granular organic fertilizer

The transformation processes and fate of nitrogen (N) in organic fertilizer are particularly important for N supply to crop in agricultural soils. However, the dynamic of the N release process of granular organic fertilizer to soil is not as clear as that of the powdery form. In this study, granular (G) and powdery (P) forms of a manure compost, which were well mixed with maize straw powders (MS) in 5% or 15%, respectively, were applied to soil...