Soil and water conservation dilemmas associated with the use of green cover in steep vineyards

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 117, Issue , 2011, Pages 211-223

  Ruiz Colmenero, M ^a   Bienes, R ^a,b   Marques, M J ^c  

^a IMIDRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cover crops; Erosion; Soil moisture; Tillage; Vineyards

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL SPAIN; COVER CROPS; ENRICHMENT RATIO; EROSION PLOTS; EROSION RATES; EROSIVITY; NUTRIENT DEPLETION; REDUCED SOILS; RUNOFF COEFFICIENTS; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; SOIL LOSS; SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE; TILLED SOILS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATIVE PERIODS; VINEYARDS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRONOMY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CROPS; FRUITS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

EROSION;

CEREAL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COVER CROP; CROP YIELD; GRASS; INFILTRATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VINEYARD; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SPAIN;

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON; HORDEUM; SECALE CEREALE; VITACEAE;

EID: 81855198910     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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