Conservation tillage: Short- and long-term effects on soil carbon fractions and enzymatic activities under Mediterranean conditions

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 292-298

  Melero, Sebastiana ^a   López Garrido, Rosa ^a   Murillo, José Manuel ^a   Moreno, Félix ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activities; Microbial biomass carbon; Soil active carbon; Sustainable agriculture; Tillage

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CARBON; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; DIPHENOL; DRYLAND FARMING; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITY; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDASE ACTIVITY; RAINFED CROP; SAMPLING PERIOD; SANDY CLAY LOAM SOILS; SEMI ARID; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL TILLAGE SYSTEM; SURFACE LAYERS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SW SPAIN; TERM FIELD; TILLAGE; TILLAGE SYSTEM; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER-SOLUBLE CARBONS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; CLAY MINERALS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CEREAL; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWERING; HERB; LEGUME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOLUBILITY; TOPSOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

HELIANTHUS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 67349288089     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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