Microbial biomass under various soil- and crop-management systems in short- and long-term experiments in Brazil

Field Crops Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-26

  Silva, Adriana Pereira ^a,b   Babujia, Letícia Carlos ^a,b   Franchini, Julio Cezar ^a   Souza, Rosinei Aparecida ^a   Hungria, Mariangela ^a,b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Crop sequence; Maize; Microbial biomass; Soil quality; Soil tillage; Soybean

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FUMIGATION; MAIZE; MANURE; MOBILIZATION; NITROGEN; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; SOYBEAN; ZERO TILLAGE;

BRAZIL;

AVENA STRIGOSA; GLYCINE MAX; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955920222     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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