Effects of ploughing frequency and compost on soil aggregate stability in a cotton-maize (Gossypium hirsutum-Zea mays) rotation in Burkina Faso

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-28

  Ouattara, K ^a,b   Ouattara, B ^a   Nyberg, G ^b   Sedogo M P ^a   Malmer, A ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Burkina Faso; Compost; Cotton maize; Ploughing frequency

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; COMPOST; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAIZE; PLOWING; SCARIFICATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TYPE;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 39749191475     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2007.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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