Tillage and cropping effects on soil quality indicators in the northern Great Plains

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-141

  Liebig, M A ^a   Tanaka, D L ^a   Wienhold, B J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous cropping; No till; Northern Great Plains; Soil quality; Wilton silt loam

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; EROSION; LANDFORMS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION;

CROPPING EFFECTS; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE;

SOILS;

CONTINUOUS CROPPING; CROPPING PRACTICE; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TILLAGE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 3042805372     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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