Soil quality and water intake in traditional-till vs. no-till paired farms in Washington's Palouse region

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 940-949

  Kennedy, Ann C ^a   Schillinger, William F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CROPS; ENZYME KINETICS; INFILTRATION; SOILS;

NO-TILL (NT) FARMING; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER (PLFAME); SLOPES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON(SOC);

FARMS;

AGGLOMERATION; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CROPS; ENZYME KINETICS; FARMS; INFILTRATION; SOILS;

BIOMARKER; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL QUALITY; WATER UPTAKE; WHEAT;

AGGLOMERATION; BACTERIA; ENZYMES; FARM CROPS; INFILTRATION; SOIL;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; PALOUSE; UNITED STATES;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33646573013     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0160     Document Type: Article

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