Effect of different management strategies on soil quality of citrus orchards in Southern Italy

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-42

  Canali, S ^a   Di Bartolomeo, E ^a   Trinchera, A ^a   Nisini, L ^a   Tittarelli, F ^a   Intrigliolo, F ^a   Roccuzzo, G ^a   Calabretta, M L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

C mineralization; Citrus; Isoelectric focusing; Organic farming; qCO2; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; ENERGY USE; FRUIT; HUMIFICATION; MINERALIZATION; ORCHARD; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CITRUS;

EID: 60849126139     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2008.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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