Quantification of the effects of rotation breaks on soil biological properties and their impact on yield decline in sugarcane

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1121-1130

  Pankhurst, C E ^a,f   Stirling, G R ^b   Magarey, R C ^c   Blair, B L ^d   Holt, J A ^e   Bell, M J ^d   Garside, A L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Biological Crop Protection   (Australia)

^c BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f QDPI ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bare fallow; Fatty acids; Fumigation; Fungi; Legume; Microbial biomass; Nematodes; Pasture; Rotation breaks; Sugarcane; Yield decline

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CROPS; FOOD PRODUCTS;

CONTRASTING ROTATIONS BREAKS; NOMOCULTURE; QUANTIFICATIONS; SOWN PASTURES;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CROP YIELD; FARMING SYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ROTATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUGAR CANE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; SUGAR CANE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEMATODA; PRATYLENCHUS ZEAE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 15244354263     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.11.011     Document Type: Article

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