Comparative effects of conventional and no-tillage management on some soil properties under Mediterranean semi-arid conditions in northwestern Tunisia

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-253

  Ben Moussa Machraoui, Sihem ^a,b   Errouissi, Faïek ^b,c   Ben Hammouda, Moncef ^a   Nouira, Saïd ^b,c  

^a University of Jendouba   (Tunisia)

^b UR Biodiversité et Biologie des Populations   (Tunisia)

^c University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Crop rotation; No tillage; Semi arid climate; Soil parameters; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CROPS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SOILS;

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; NO TILLAGE; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SOIL PARAMETERS; TUNISIA;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

AGRONOMY; CEREAL; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; ZERO TILLAGE;

TUNISIA;

AVENA; HORDEUM; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 76449122306     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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