A sustainable system of a traditional precision agriculture in a Maya homegarden: Soil quality aspects

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-120

  Flores Delgadillo, Lourdes ^a   Fedick, Scott L ^b   Solleiro Rebolledo, Elizabeth ^a   Palacios Mayorga, Sergio ^a   Ortega Larrocea, Pilar ^a   Sedov, Sergey ^a   Osuna Ceja, Esteban ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Agroforestry; Homegarden; Soil depth; Soil quality; Traditional Maya agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; AGROFORESTRY; HOMEGARDEN; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL QUALITY; TRADITIONAL MAYA AGRICULTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IRON OXIDES; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITY CONTROL;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROFORESTRY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CARBON ISOTOPE; HOME GARDEN; PEDOGENESIS; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL QUALITY; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79954575060     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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