Reversing agriculture from intensive to sustainable improves soil quality in a semiarid South Italian soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-489

  Badalucco, Luigi ^a   Rao, Maria ^b   Colombo, Claudio ^c   Palumbo, Giuseppe ^c   Laudicina, Vito Armando ^a   Gianfreda, Liliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microbial activity; Semiarid Mediterranean environment; Soil microbial biomass; Soil quality; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY;

ITALY;

EID: 77952671612     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0455-y     Document Type: Article

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