Conservation tillage, optimal water and organic nutrient supply enhance soil microbial activities during wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivation

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 531-542

  Sharma, Pankaj ^a,b   Singh, Geeta ^b   Singh, Rana P ^a  

^a BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Dehydrogenase activity (DH); Integrated nutrient management (INM); Soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC); Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79959484150     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822011000200018     Document Type: Article

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