Soil physical fertility, soil structure and rooting conditions after ploughing organically managed grass/clover swards

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-27

  Ball, B C ^a   Watson, C A ^a   Baddeley, J A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compaction; Grazing; Ley arable; Macroporosity; Organic farming; Particulate organic matter

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; ORGANIC FARMING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PLOWING; POROSITY; ROOTING; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SWARD; TOPSOIL;

ANIMALIA; AVENA; HORDEUM; OVIS ARIES; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 33847751918     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2006.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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