Selected enzyme activities in particle-size fractions from an organically and conventionally managed soil

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 9 B, 2007, Pages 1195-1200

  Saviozzi, Alessandro ^a   Cardelli, Roberto ^a   Labbaci, Lidia ^a   Levi Minzi, Renato ^a   Riffaldi, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conventional and organic farming; Soil enzyme activities; Soil particle size fractions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOACTIVITY; CULTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC FARMING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35549008051     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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