Effects of increasing periods under intensive arable vegetable production on biological, chemical and physical indices of soil quality

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-266

  Haynes, R J ^a,b   Tregurtha, R ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Microbial activity; Microbial biomass; Microbial quotient; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

ARABLE FARMING; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0032951028     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050491     Document Type: Article

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