Implementation of chiselling and mouldboard ploughing in soil after 8 years of no-till management in SW, Spain: Effect on soil quality

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-113

  Melero, S ^a   Panettieri, M ^a   Madejon E ^a   Macpherson, H Gómez ^b   Moreno, F ^a   Murillo, J M ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active carbon; Dryland; Enzyme activities; Soil microbial biomass; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CARBON; AS-SOILS; BIOCHEMICAL QUALITY; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CALCAREOUS SOILS; CONSERVATION TILLAGE SYSTEMS; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; DRYLAND; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITY; LABILE FRACTIONS; LONG TERM; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MICROBIAL PARAMETERS; MOULDBOARD PLOUGHING; NO-TILL; POSITIVE EFFECTS; REDUCED TILLAGE; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEED GERMINATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC FRACTIONS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL TILLAGE SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SW SPAIN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UPPER LAYER; VICIA SATIVA; WATER INFILTRATION; WATER-SOLUBLE CARBONS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BIOMASS; CROPS; ENZYMES; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

SOIL TESTING;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; DRYLAND FARMING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PLOWING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

SPAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 79951550117     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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