Soil quality characteristics during conversion to organic orchard management

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-167

  Werner, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apples; Bulk density; Earthworms; Electrical conductivity; Microbial biomass; Microbial respiration; Mycorrhizal fungi; Nitrogen; Organic carbon; pH; Phosphorous; Pitfall traps; Potentially mineralizable nitrogen; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

APPLE ORCHARD; BULK DENSITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0031408126     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(96)00139-4     Document Type: Review

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