Soil carbon pools, nitrogen supply, and tree performance under several groundcovers and compost rates in a newly planted apple orchard

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1687-1694

  Teravest, Dan ^a   Smith, Jeffrey L ^b   Carpenter Boggs, Lynne ^c   Granatstein, David ^c   Hoagland, Lori ^d   Reganold, John P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica seed meal; C mineralization; C pools; Living cover mulch; N supply; Organic agriculture; Wood chip mulch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255189495     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.12.1687     Document Type: Article

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