Sustaining soil quality with legumes in no-tillage systems

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1680-1699

  Fortuna, A ^a   Blevins, R L ^b   Frye, W W ^c   Grove, J ^b   Cornelius, P ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Kentucky Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn soybean rotation; Hairy vetch; Moldboard plow; No tillage; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COVER CROP; CROP ROTATION; LEGUME; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOYBEAN; ZERO TILLAGE;

GLYCINE MAX; VICIA VILLOSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 45849089945     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620802073628     Document Type: Article

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