Responses of soil chemical and microbial indicators to conservational tillage versus traditional tillage in the North China Plain

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 243-247

  Qin, Shuping ^a,b   He, Xinhua ^c   Hu, Chunsheng ^a   Zhang, Yuming ^a   Dong, Wenxu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical parameters; Microbial parameters; Soil quality indicators; Tillage practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955589098     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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