Response of soil fertility indices to a short phase of Australian woody species, continuous annual crop rotations or a permanent pasture

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-30

  Mele, P M ^a   Yunusa, I A M ^a,c   Kingston, K B ^a   Rab, M A ^b  

^a Rutherglen Research Institute   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia spp.; Australia; Casuarina spp.; Cation cycling; Eucalyptus spp.; Lolium rigidum; Nitrogen; Organic matter; Rhizoctonia; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

CROPS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

SOIL FERTILITY;

SOILS;

CROP ROTATION; PASTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; WOODY DEBRIS;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; CASUARINA; EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; LOLIUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; RHIZOCTONIA; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 0038640851     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00063-1     Document Type: Article

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