Use of humic substances as soil conditioners to increase aggregate stability

Geoderma

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 267-277

  Piccolo, A ^a   Pietramellara, G ^a,c   Mbagwu, J S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

exogenous humic substances; Italy; soil conditioners; soil physical properties; soil structure; wetting drying cycles

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; SOIL CONDITIONER; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL STRUCTURE; WETTING/DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 0031060901     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(96)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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