Assessing soil quality under intensive cultivation and tree orchards in Southern Italy

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 184-194

  Bonanomi, Giuliano ^a   D'Ascoli, Rosaria ^b   Antignani, Vincenzo ^a   Capodilupo, Manuela ^a   Cozzolino, Lucia ^a   Marzaioli, Rossana ^b   Puopolo, Gerardo ^a   Rutigliano, Flora A ^b   Scelza, Rosalia ^a   Scotti, Riccardo ^a   Rao, Maria A ^a   Zoina, Astolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural management; Enzymatic activities; Microbial diversity; Rhizoctonia solani; Soil chemical and biological properties

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 79951557109     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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