Effect of five forage legume covers on soil quality at the Eastern plains of Venezuela

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 242-249

  Navas, Mariela ^a   Benito, Marta ^a   Rodríguez, Iraida ^b   Masaguer, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRÍCOLAS INIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activities; Grassland; Ley farming; Savanna; Soil quality index; Soil quality indicators

Indexed keywords

CENTROSEMA; CENTROSEMA BRASILIANUM; CENTROSEMA MACROCARPUM; CENTROSEMA MOLLE; CENTROSEMA PASCUORUM;

EID: 80052179618     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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