Loss of soil organic matter upon ploughing under a loess soil after several years of conservation tillage

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-83

  Koch, Heinz Josef ^a   Stockfisch, Nicol ^a  

^a Inst fur Zuckerrubenforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Mouldboard ploughing; Organic matter decomposition; Soil nitrogen; Soil organic carbon; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPACTION; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; WEED CONTROL;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; MOLDBOARD PLOUGHING; ORGANIC MATTER DECOMPOSITION; PLOUGHING; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC); SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

SOILS;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; LOESS; PLOWING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON; COMPACTION; CULTIVATION; SOIL; WEEDS;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ALBA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 31044454819     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.02.029     Document Type: Article

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