Soil microbial community, C, N, and P responses to long-term tillage and crop rotation

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-293

  González Chávez, Ma del Carmen A ^a   Aitkenhead Peterson, Jacqueline A ^b   Gentry, Terry J ^b   Zuberer, David ^b   Hons, Frank ^b   Loeppert, Richard ^b  

^a Programa de Edafología ^*  (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C, N and P pools; Carbohydrates; Chloroform fumigation; FAME; Glomalin related soil proteins; Microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOPRODUCTS; C SEQUESTRATION; C, N AND P POOLS; CENTRAL TEXAS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP MANAGEMENTS; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING SEQUENCES; FAME; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; GLOMALIN-RELATED SOIL PROTEIN; GLYCINE MAX; HOT WATER; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; N:P RATIO; NO TILLAGE; NO-TILL; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; SOIL BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL PROCESS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CROPS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FUMIGATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; ROTATION; WATER;

SOILS;

CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROFORM; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; FUMIGATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOYBEAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WHEAT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 76449121962     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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