Soil quality indicators for the North Appalachian Experimental Watersheds in Coshocton Ohio

Soil Science

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-205

  Shukla, M K ^a   Lal, R ^a   Ebinger, M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass yield; Corn grain yield; Soil organic carbon; Soil texture; Sustainability; Water infiltration; Water stable aggregation

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEXTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

COSHOCTON COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1642305707     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000122523.03492.79     Document Type: Article

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