Effects of cropping systems on soil organic matter in a pair of conventional and biodynamic mixed cropping farms in Canterbury, New Zealand

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 372-381

  Murata, T ^a   Goh, K M ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodynamic farms; Cropping systems; Microbial biomass; Soil organic matter fractions; Soil quality indicators

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CROPPING SYSTEM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, CANTERBURY;

EID: 0030777433     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050328     Document Type: Article

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