Effect of shallow tillage, moldboard plowing, straw management and compost addition on soil organic matter and nitrogen in a dryland barley/wheat-vetch rotation

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 115-116, Issue , 2011, Pages 39-46

  Sommer, R ^a   Ryan, J ^a   Masri, S ^a   Singh, M ^a   Diekmann, J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Dryland agriculture; Labile carbon; Microbial carbon; Reduced tillage; Straw and stubble management

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; DRYLAND AGRICULTURE; LABILE CARBON; MICROBIAL CARBON; REDUCED TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRONOMY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CROPS; CULTIVATION; LAKES; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ROTATION; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPOSTING;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BARLEY; COMPOST; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DRYLAND FARMING; FODDER; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LEGUME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLOWING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; STRAW; STUBBLE; WHEAT;

NORTH AFRICA; WEST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA;

EID: 80052963975     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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