Effects of short-term tillage and fertilization on grain yields and soil properties of rice production systems in central China

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 577-584

  Li, Cheng Fang ^a,b   Yang, Jing ^a,b   Zhang, Chuan ^a,b   Zhang, Zhi Sheng ^a,b   Zheng, Min ^a,b   Ahmad, Shahrear ^a,b   Cao, Cou Gui ^a,b  

^a Ministry of China   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Enzyme activity; Microbial biomass; N uptake; No tillage; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CHINA; CLAY; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAIN YIELD; LOAM SOIL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NO TILLAGE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; RAPESEED; RICE; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL PROPERTY; STRATIFICATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77952809793     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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