Straw harvesting, fertilization, and fertilizer type alter soil microbiological and physical properties in a loblolly pine plantation in the mid-south USA

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-153

  Blazier, Michael A ^a   Patterson, William B ^b   Hotard, Steven L ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction; Dehydrogenase; Microbial biomass carbon; Organic matter; Poultry litter

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HARVESTING; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLANTATION; POROSITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; STRAW;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 55549091051     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-008-0316-0     Document Type: Article

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