Impacts of different tillage practices on some soil microbiological properties and crop yield under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions

International Journal of Plant Production

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-254

  Celik, I ^a   Barut, Z B ^a   Ortas, I ^a   Gok, M ^a   Demirbas, A ^a   Tulun, Y ^a   Akpinar, C ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenase; Microbiological soil properties; Mycorrhizae; Organic carbon; Soil respiration; Tillage practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055218121     PISSN: 17356814     EISSN: 17358043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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