Effect of a long-term cultivation and crop rotations on organic carbon in loess derived soils of golestan province, northern Iran

International Journal of Plant Production

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-151

  Shahriaria, A ^a   Khormali, F ^a   Kehl, M ^b   Ayoubi, Sh ^c   Welpd, G ^d  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long term cultivation; Management; Mollisols; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755185847     PISSN: 17356814     EISSN: 17358043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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