One-time tillage of no-till crop land five years post-tillage

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1302-1307

  Wortmann, C S ^a   Drijber, R A ^a   Franti, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; BULK DENSITY; FIELD OPERATION; FIELD RESEARCH; GRAIN YIELD; MACROAGGREGATES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MOLDBOARD PLOWS; NEBRASKA; NET GAIN; NO-TILL; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TESTS; SURFACE SOIL; TILLAGE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; LOCATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77954260143     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0051     Document Type: Article

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