Long-term consequences of tillage, residue management, and crop rotation on selected soil micro-flora groups in the subtropical highlands

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-210

  Govaerts, Bram ^a,b   Mezzalama, Monica ^b   Sayre, Ken D ^b   Crossa, Jose ^b   Lichter, Kelly ^a   Troch, Veronique ^a   Vanherck, Katrien ^a   De Corte, Pieter ^a   Deckers, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Crop rotation; Residue management; Soil micro flora; Tillage

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38049048614     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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