Soil quality alteration by mouldboard ploughing in a commercial farm devoted to no-tillage under Mediterranean conditions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 182-190

  Lopez Garrido R ^a   Madejon E ^a   Murillo, J M ^a   Moreno, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activities; Organic matter; Soil biochemical properties; Tillage; Wheat yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLOWING; SEEDLING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL WATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79151485118     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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