Soil microbial communities and function in alternative systems to continuous cotton

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1181-1192

  Acosta Martinez V ^a   Burow, G ^a   Zobeck, T M ^a   Allen, V G ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; BANDING PATTERNS; CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.); COTTON MONOCULTURE; CROPPING SYSTEMS; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MOLECULAR CLONING; SOIL DNA; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY PARAMETERS; WINTER WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

AGRICULTURE; CHROMIUM; CLONING; COTTON; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; RNA; SOILS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

BACTERIUM; COTTON; CROP ROTATION; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

GREAT PLAINS;

BOTHRIOCHLOA BLADHII; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954572770     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0065     Document Type: Article

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