Dryland cropping systems influence the microbial biomass and enzyme activities in a semiarid sandy soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 655-667

  Acosta Martínez, Veronica ^a   Lascano, Robert ^a   Calderón, Francisco ^a   Booker, Jill D ^a   Zobeck, Ted M ^a   Upchurch, Dan R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Cropping systems; Dryland; FAME analysis; GRACEnet; Microbial biomass; Ogallala Aquifer

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COTTON; COVER CROP; CROP ROTATION; DRYLAND FARMING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SANDY LOAM; SANDY SOIL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SORGHUM;

GREAT PLAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SECALE CEREALE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 79960627206     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-011-0565-1     Document Type: Article

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