Organic Carbon, Texture, and Quantitative Color Measurement Relationships for Cultivated Soils in North Central Iowa

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1823-1830

  Konen, M E ^a   Burras, C L ^b   Sandor, J A ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERTILIZERS; PESTICIDES; SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

SOIL TESTING;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL COLOR; SOIL TEXTURE;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242592102     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2003.1823     Document Type: Article

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