Influence of wetting and drying cycles and maize residue addition on the formation of water stable aggregates in Vertisols

Geoderma

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 150-156

  Bravo Garza, Maria R ^a   Bryan, Rorke B ^a   Voroney, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregate formation; Soil organic matter inputs; Vertisols; Wetting and drying

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE FORMATION; AGGREGATION PROCESS; BASIC SYSTEMS; CEMENTING AGENTS; CLAYEY SOILS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; HIGHER-DEGREE; MACROAGGREGATES; ME-XICO; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; ORGANIC MATTER FRACTION; ORGANIC RESIDUES; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER INPUTS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL RESOURCES; SOIL TAXONOMY; VERTISOL; VERTISOLS; WASHINGTON; WATER STABLE AGGREGATES; WEATHERING CONDITIONS; WET SOIL; WETTING AND DRYING CYCLES;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; ARID REGIONS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; CURING; DEWATERING; DRYING; FARM BUILDINGS; FLOW OF WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL SURVEYS; TAXONOMIES; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WETTING;

SOILS;

CLASSIFICATION; CLAY SOIL; CROP RESIDUE; MAIZE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VERTISOL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67349119493     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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