Residual effects of tillage and crop rotation on soil properties, soil invertebrate numbers and nutrient uptake in an irrigated Vertisol sown to cotton

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-30

  Hulugalle, N R ^a,b   Lobry De Bruyn, L A ^c   Entwistle, P ^a,b  

^a Co Oper Res Ctr Sustainable C ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biopores; Cotton; Cracking clay; Cropping system; Farming system; Fibre quality; Irrigation; Minimum tillage; Soil invertebrates; Soil properties; Tillage system; Vertisol; Water use

Indexed keywords

COLLEMBOLA; FORMICIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIRSUTUM; INVERTEBRATA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0002757167     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(97)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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