Soil organic matter pools with conventional and zero tillage in a cold, semiarid climate

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Franzluebbers, A J ^a   Arshad, M A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen mineralization; Organic matter; Semiarid; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SEMIARID CLIMATE; TILLAGE;

CANADA, PRAIRIES;

EID: 0030588375     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(96)01055-0     Document Type: Article

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