A minimum data set for soil quality assessment of wheat and maize cropping in the highlands of Mexico

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-174

  Govaerts, Bram ^a,b   Sayre, Ken D ^b   Deckers, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CIMMYT   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Mexico highlands; Crop rotation; Residue management; Soil quality; Triticum aestivum; Zea mays; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

CROPS; QUALITY CONTROL; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

CENTRAL MEXICO HIGHLANDS; MINIMUM SOIL QUALITY DATASET; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT AND ROTATION TRIAL; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY ASSESSMENT; TRANSFERRING TECHNOLOGIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZERO TILLAGE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; MAIZE; SOIL QUALITY; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

CORN; CROP ROTATION; FEEDS; MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL; VOLCANISM; WEATHERING; WHEAT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645105550     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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