Soil organic carbon and nutrient content in aggregate-size fractions of a subtropical rice soil under variable tillage

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-35

  Jiang, X ^a   Hu, Y ^a   Bedell, J H ^a   Xie, D ^a   Wright, A L ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Organic carbon; Subtropical soil; Tillage management

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PADDY FIELD; RICE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZERO TILLAGE;

EID: 79951779656     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2010.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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