Soil organic carbon fractions differ in two contrasting tall fescue systems

Plant and Soil

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-50

  Handayani, Iin P ^a   Coyne, Mark S ^b   Phillips, Timothy D ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Mineralizable C; Particulate organic matter; Soil microbial biomass; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENDOPHYTE; FORAGE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL STRUCTURE;

KENTUCKY; LEXINGTON; UNITED STATES;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 78650305168     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0352-z     Document Type: Article

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