Short-term carbon, nitrogen and pH alterations in a hill-land Ultisol under maize silage relative to tillage method

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 115-126

  Staley, T E ^a   Boyer, D G ^a  

^a USDA ARS NAA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banded fertilizer N; Conventional tillage; Grassland; No tillage; Organic matter; Soil evolution

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERTILIZER; GRASSLANDS; MAIZE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; TILLAGE; ULTISOL; ZERO TILLAGE;

USA, WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030617018     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(96)01087-2     Document Type: Article

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