A comparative study of soil quality in two vineyards differing in soil management practices

Methods for Assessing Soil Quality

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 381-392

  Stamatiadis, Stamatis ^a   Liopa Tsakalidi, A ^a,b   Maniati, L M ^a   Karageorgou, P ^a   Natioti, E ^a  

^a Goulandris Natural History Museum   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Grape vineyard; Plant growth; Soil biological properties; Soil chemical properties; Soil management practices; Soil physical properties; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007470855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub49.c24     Document Type: Chapter

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