Long-term management impacts on soil C, N and physical fertility. Part III: Tamworth crop rotation experiment

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 48-56

  Blair, Nelly ^a   Faulkner, R D ^a   Till, A R ^a   Crocker, G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Primary Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon fractions; Crop rotations; Infiltration; Nitrogen; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; FOOD PRODUCTS; INFILTRATION; NITROGEN; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; WEATHERING;

BLACK EARTH SOILS; CARBON FRACTIONS; CROP ROTATIONS;

SOILS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP ROTATION; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PRODUCTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PASTURE; RUNOFF; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CARBON; FARM CROPS; FERTILIZATION; FOOD; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL STRUCTURE; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; TAMWORTH;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 33746213111     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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