Crop rotation, wheat straw management, and chicken manure effects on soil quality

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 600-606

  Limon Ortega, Agustin ^a   Govaerts, Bram ^b   Sayre, Kenneth D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION RATIO; AGGREGATE SIZE; AGGREGATE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CHICKEN MANURE; CROP ROTATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); ME-XICO; N FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC MANURE; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; STRAW MANAGEMENT; SUMMER MAIZE; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.); WHEAT CROPPING; WHEAT STRAWS;

BIOMASS; CROPS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANURES; MEATS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM; ROTATION; SODIUM; SOILS; UREA;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

GALLUS GALLUS; SESBANIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67249148102     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0036x     Document Type: Article

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