Visual soil structure quality assessment on Oxisols under no-tillage system;Avaliação visual da qualidade da estrutura do solo em Latossolos sob sistema plantio direto

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-482

  Giarola, Neyde Fabíola Balarezo ^a   da Silva, Alvaro Pires ^b   Tormena, Cássio Antônio ^c   Ball, Bruce ^d   Rosa, Jadir Aparecido ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Soil conservation management; Soil morphological analysis; Soil physical quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956606595     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-90162010000400016     Document Type: Article

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