Using earthworms to incorporate lime into subsoil to ameliorate acidity

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 985-997

  Chan, K Y ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Casts; Earthworm burrows; Lime movement; Water stable aggregates

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE;

ACID SOIL; BIOTURBATION; BURROW; EARTHWORM; LIMING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROP PRODUCTION; EARTHWORM; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL TREATMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; APORRECTODEA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0038748116     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120019104     Document Type: Article

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