World's oldest cotton experiment: Relationships between soil chemical and physical properties and apparent electrical conductivity

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 767-786

  Siri Prieto, G ^a,b   Reeves, D W ^c   Shaw, J N ^a   Mitchell, C C ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay content; Crop rotation; Long term experiment; P; Soil carbon; Soil electrical conductivity; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CROP ROTATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAPPING; NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33646821346     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620600564018     Document Type: Article

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