Land management effects on the near-surface physical quality of a clay loam soil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 316-330

  Reynolds, W D ^a   Drury, C F ^a   Yang, X M ^a   Fox, C A ^a   Tan, C S ^a   Zhang, T Q ^a  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air capacity; Bluegrass sod; Bulk density; Clay loam soil; Hydraulic conductivity; Mouldboard plough tillage; No tillage; Organic carbon; Plant available water capacity; Porosity; Soil quality indicators; Virgin soil

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; POROSITY; SOILS;

AIR CAPACITY; BLUEGRASS SOD; CLAY LOAM SOIL; LAND MANAGEMENT; MOULDBOARD PLOUGH TILLAGE; PLANT-AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS; VIRGIN SOIL;

LAND USE;

CLAY LOAM; CROP ROTATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; MAIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; SOYBEAN; ZERO TILLAGE;

GLYCINE MAX; POA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34848878651     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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