Effect of conventional and minimum tillage on physical and biochemical stabilization of soil organic matter

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 671-680

  Jacobs, Anna ^a   Helfrich, Mirjam ^a,b   Hanisch, Susan ^a   Quendt, Ulrich ^a   Rauber, Rolf ^c   Ludwig, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Incubation; Macroaggregates; Potential mineralization; Water stable aggregates

Indexed keywords

FALLOW; HYDROLYSIS; MICROAGGREGATE; MINERALIZATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABILIZATION; SUBSOIL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TILLAGE;

GERMANY; GOTTINGEN; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 77955431824     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0472-x     Document Type: Article

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