Soil quality in a pecan-kura clover alley cropping system in the Midwestern USA

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-223

  Kremer, Robert J ^a   Kussman, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Kussman Pecan and Cattle Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Cover crop; Microbial ecology; Soil conservation; Soil enzymes; Soil organic carbon; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AERATION; AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; BIOACTIVITY; COVER CROP; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORAGE; GROWTH RATE; INFILTRATION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORCHARD; PERENNIAL PLANT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILTY LOAM; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

BOS; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; DESMODIUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM;

EID: 80255126188     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9370-y     Document Type: Article

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