Reduced and conservation tillage effects on soil ecological properties in an organic farming system

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-377

  Emmerling, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CULTIVATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC FARMING; PLOWING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

FUNGI; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 34548024846     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2007.9755033     Document Type: Article

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