Labile organic matter, aggregates, and stratification ratios in a semiarid vineyard with cover crops

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2120-2130

  Peregrina, F ^a   Larrieta, C ^a   Ibanez S ^a   Garcia Escudero E ^a  

^a Ctra Burgos Km 6   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; C SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; COVER CROPS; DEPTH RATIO; FIELD EXPERIMENT; LABILE ORGANIC MATTER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NORTHEAST SPAIN; SHORT TERM; SOIL LAYER; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOLUBLE C; STRONG CORRELATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CROPS; FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COVER CROP; FIELDWORK; GRASS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; STRATIFICATION; TILLAGE; VINEYARD;

LA RIOJA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

FESTUCA;

EID: 78249241530     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0081     Document Type: Article

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