Soil organic matter fractions and aggregate distribution in response to tall fescue stands

International Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Handayani, I P ^a   Coyne, M S ^b   Tokosh, R S ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Forage; Particulate Organic Matter (POM); Soil Organic Matter (SOM); Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; GRASS; MICROAGGREGATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACE;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 73649096867     PISSN: 18164978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijss.2010.1.10     Document Type: Article

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