The response of soil biochemical variables to organic and conventional cultivation of Asparagus sp.

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 198-206

  Monokrousos, N ^a   Papatheodorou, E M ^a   Stamou, G P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classification trees; Microbial community; Neural networks; Non linear statistical approaches; Organic and conventional cultivation; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; MICROBIOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLASSIFICATION TREES; CONVENTIONAL CULTIVATIONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NON LINEAR STATISTICALS; SOIL QUALITY;

SOILS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC FARMING; PERENNIAL PLANT; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETABLE;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 35348916591     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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