Managing legume leys, residues and fertilisers to enhance the sustainability of wheat cropping systems in Australia 2. Soil physical fertility and carbon

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 77-89

  Whitbread, Anthony M ^a   Blair, Graeme J ^b   Lefroy, Rod D B ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Intl Bd for Soil Res and Mgmt   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aggregate size distribution; Aggregate stability; Carbon; Carbon management index; Disc permeameter; Hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA;

CICER ARIETINUM; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034016035     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00113-0     Document Type: Article

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