Impact of cultivation and sugar-cane green trash management on carbon fractions and aggregate stability for a Chromic Luvisol in Queensland, Australia

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 183-191

  Blair, Nelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Labile carbon; Residue burning; Soil organic matter; Structure

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP RESIDUE; LAND DEGRADATION; LUVISOL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION;

AUSTRALIA;

SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM;

EID: 0033911599     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(00)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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