Field assessment of soil quality as affected by compost and fertilizer application in a broccoli field (San Benito County, California)

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-225

  Stamatiadis, S ^a   Werner, M ^b   Buchanan, M ^b  

^a Goulandris Natural History Museum   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Crop yield; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CLAY LOAM SOIL; COMPOST; NITRIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033063956     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(99)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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