Long-term effects of continuous direct seeding mulch-based cropping systems on soil nitrogen supply in the Cerrado region of Brazil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 161-173

  Maltas, Alexandra ^a   Corbeels, Marc ^a,c   Scopel, Eric ^a,b   Oliver, Robert ^a   Douzet, Jean Marie ^b   Da Silva, Fernando Antonio MacEna ^b   Wery, Jacques ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cerrados; Chronosequence; No tillage systems; Soil N mineralization; Soil organic carbon; Soil total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CROPPING PRACTICE; LEGUME; MULCHING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; ZERO TILLAGE;

BRAZIL; CERRADO; SOUTH AMERICA;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548618668     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9350-1     Document Type: Article

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