Soil organic matter content and quality: Effects of fertilizer applications, burning and trash retention on a long-term sugarcane experiment in South Africa

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-102

  Graham, M H ^a   Haynes, R J ^a   Meyer, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN SUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Light fraction; Microbial biomass; Mineralizable N; Soil management; Soil organic matter (SOM); Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BURNING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUGAR CANE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0036165446     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(01)00160-2     Document Type: Article

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