Soil responses to different management practices in rainfed orchards in semiarid environments

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-91

  Ramos, María E ^a   Robles, Ana B ^a   Sánchez Navarro, Antonio ^b   González Rebollar, José L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almond crop; Herbaceous covers; Livestock; Ploughing; Soil preservation; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

ALMOND CROP; HERBACEOUS COVERS; LIVESTOCK; PLOUGHING; SOIL QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRONOMY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; MANAGEMENT; ORCHARDS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATASES; POTASSIUM; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

SOILS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRASS; GROUND COVER; GROWING SEASON; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; ORCHARD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLOWING; POTASSIUM; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE; TILLAGE;

SPAIN;

OVIS ARIES; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 78651501212     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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