Cover crop and liquid manure effects on soil quality indicators in a corn silage system

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 727-737

  Jokela, William E ^a   Grabber, John H ^a   Karlen, Douglas L ^b   Balser, Teri C ^c   Palmquist, Debra E ^d  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BERTRAND; BIOLOGICAL SOIL; BULK DENSITY; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN SILAGE; COVER CROPS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DAIRY MANURES; ITALIAN RYEGRASS; KURA CLOVER; LIQUID MANURE; LIVING MULCH; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; MACROAGGREGATES; MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETER; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; ORGANIC MATTER; PENETROMETER RESISTANCE; RED CLOVER; SECALE CEREALE; SILT LOAM; SOIL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY INDEX; SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS; SOIL RESOURCES; STABLE AGGREGATES; SURFACE RESIDUES; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

AGGREGATES; AGRONOMY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; LIQUIDS; MANURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CROPS;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68149089599     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0191     Document Type: Article

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