Rainfed olive farming in south-eastern Spain: Long-term effect of soil management on biological indicators of soil quality

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 333-339

  Moreno, B ^a   Garcia Rodriguez, S ^a   Canizares R ^a   Castro, J ^b   Benitez E ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Bacterial population size; Cover crops; DGGE; Enzyme activities; Olive orchard

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GENE; HERBICIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORCHARD; POPULATION SIZE; RNA; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 63249115378     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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