Characterization of a Brazilian clayey soil submitted to conventional and no-tillage management practices using pore size distribution analysis

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-179

  Cassaro, Fabio Augusto Meira ^a   Borkowski, Angelo Kuhn ^a   Pires, Luiz Fernando ^a   Rosa, Jadir Aparecido ^b   Saab, Sergio da Costa ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Soil porous system; Soil structure; Soil water retention curve

Indexed keywords

CLAYEY SOILS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT; MACRO-POROSITY; MATRIC POTENTIAL; NO TILLAGE; POROUS SYSTEM; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVE; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; STRUCTURED SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; MICROPOROSITY; PORE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

AGRICULTURE;

CLAY SOIL; FERRALSOL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PORE SPACE; RETENTION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; ZERO TILLAGE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 78650185364     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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