Impact of a change in tillage and crop residue management practice on soil chemical and microbiological properties in a cereal-producing red duplex soil in NSW, Australia

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-196

  Pankhurst, Clive E ^a   Kirkby, C A ^a   Hawke, B G ^a   Harch, B D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatty acid methyl esters; Microbial biomass; Organic C; Stubble retention; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; DUPLEX; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIOLOGY; TILLAGE;

AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036934630     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-002-0459-3     Document Type: Article

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