Mulch type affects soil biological functioning and crop yield of conservation agriculture systems in a long-term experiment in Madagascar

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-21

  Djigal, Djibril ^a   Saj, Stéphane ^b   Rabary, Bodovololona ^c   Blanchart, Eric ^d   Villenave, Cécile ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Laboratoire BioGAP   (France)

^c FOFIFA   (Madagascar)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cover crop; Cropping system; Nematode community; No tillage; Soil bio functioning; Soil management

Indexed keywords

COVER CROPS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; NO TILLAGE; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRONOMY; AMINO ACIDS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; MANURES; NITROGEN FIXATION; ROTATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COVER CROP; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GRASS; MAIZE; MANURE; MULCHING; NEMATODE; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SOYBEAN; ZERO TILLAGE;

MADAGASCAR;

DESMODIUM UNCINATUM; GLYCINE MAX; NEMATODA; PENNISETUM CLANDESTINUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84155172009     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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