Soil quality response to tillage and crop residue removal under subarctic conditions

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 15-21

  Sparrow, Stephen D ^a   Lewis, Carol E ^a   Knight, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop residue management; Soil organic matter; Soil quality; Subarctic; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; SOILS;

CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SUBARCTIC; TILLAGE;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION STATUS; CROP RESIDUE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SUBARCTIC REGION; TILLAGE; ZERO TILLAGE;

BIOMASS; FARM CROPS; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH; SOIL; SOIL MECHANICS;

FUNGI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33748950794     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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