Responses of soil water, nitrogen and organic matter to the alfalfa crop rotation in semiarid loess area of China

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-130

  Wang, Jun ^a   Li, Feng Min ^b   Jia, Yu ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Pasture crop rotation; Phase in alfalfa crop rotation; Soil nitrogen; Soil organic matter; Soil water restoration

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; CROP ROTATION; LOESS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SETARIA ITALICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745686634     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v28n01_10     Document Type: Article

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