Soil nematode community, organic matter, microbial biomass and nitrogen dynamics in field plots transitioning from conventional to organic management

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-266

  Briar, Shabeg S ^a   Grewal, Parwinder S ^a   Somasekhar, Nethi ^a,b   Stinner, D ^a   Miller, Sally A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUGARCANE BREEDING INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Conventional farming; Nematode communities; Organic farming; Soil food web

Indexed keywords

AVENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; NEMATODA; PRATYLENCHUS CRENATUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34748817409     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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