Microbial communities and enzyme activities in soils under alternative crop rotations compared to wheat-fallow for the Central Great Plains

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 41-52

  Acosta Martínez, Verónica ^a   Mikha, Maysoon M ^a   Vigil, Merle F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropping systems; Enzyme activities; FAME; Semiarid soils; Soil management; Tillage

Indexed keywords

PANICUM MILIACEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548013091     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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