Investigation of soil conditioning index values for southern high plains agroecosystems

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 433-442

  Zobeck, Ted M ^a   Crownover, James ^b   Dollar, Monty ^b   Van Pelt, R Scott ^a   Acosta Martinez, Veronica ^a   Bronson, Kevin F ^c   Upchurch, Dan R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic matter; Soil assessment; Soil conditioning index (SCI); Soil quality; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COTTON; CROP ROTATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SORGHUM; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 40949149855     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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