Soil microbial biomass and organic matter fractions during transition from conventional to organic farming systems

Geoderma

Volumn 170, Issue , 2012, Pages 227-231

  Santos, Valdinar B ^a   Araújo, Ademir S F ^b   Leite, Luiz F C ^c   Nunes, Luís A P L ^b   Melo, Wanderley J ^d  

^a Piaui State University   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Management system; Microbial activity; Soil biological indicators

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL CONTROL; FULVIC ACIDS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEM; ORGANIC MATTER FRACTION; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL SAMPLE; SURFACE LAYERS; TROPICAL SOILS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL SURVEYS;

SOILS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; DICOTYLEDON; FULVIC ACID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SOIL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE LAYER; TROPICAL SOIL;

EID: 84155183003     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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