Consequences of soil sampling depth during the assessment of the effects of tillage and fertilization on soil quality: A common oversight

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-173

  Mijangos, Iker ^a   Garbisu, Carlos ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enzyme activities; Plow layer; Soil quality; Tillage

Indexed keywords

FIELD EXPERIMENT; PLOW LAYER; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ENZYMES; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SAMPLING; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; ENZYMES;

SOILS;

CAMBISOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PLOWING; SAMPLING; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY;

BASQUE COUNTRY; DERIO; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

EID: 77955053012     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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