Interaction of tillage and soil texture: Biological active soil organic matter in Illinois

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1326-1334

  Needelman, B A ^a   Wander, M M ^b   Bollero, G A ^b   Boast, C W ^b   Sims, G K ^c   Bullock, D G ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; TEXTURES;

MINERALIZATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS (SOM) SEQUESTRATION; TILLAGE;

SAND;

ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; TILLAGE;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032737131     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1999.6351326x     Document Type: Article

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