Impact of tillage and residue management on the soil properties and water erosion of a Mediterranean Vertisol

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 627-635

  Moussadek, Rachid ^a,c   Mrabet, Rachid ^a   Zante, Patrick ^b   Lamachére, Jean Marie ^b   Pépin, Yannick ^b   le Bissonnais, Yves ^b   Ye, Liming ^c   Verdoodt, Ann ^c   van Ranst, Eric ^c  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

^b UMR LISAH   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crop residue; Erosion; No tillage system; Rainfall simulation; Vertis

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BULK DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP RESIDUE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE; VERTISOL; WATER EROSION;

EID: 79960769314     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjss10096     Document Type: Article

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