Temporal changes in dry aggregate size and stability: Tillage and crop effects on a silty loam Mollisol in Illinois

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-183

  Yang, Xue Ming ^a   Wander, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn and soybean; Dry sieved aggregate; Soil organic carbon; Soil water content; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; AGGREGATE STABILITY; MOLLISOL; SOIL AGGREGATE;

UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032477360     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00170-6     Document Type: Article

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