Residual effects of compost on soil quality and dryland wheat yield sixteen years after compost application

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 278-285

  Reeve, J R ^a   Endelman, J B ^b   Miller, B E ^a   Hole, D J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY; APPLICATION COST; AVAILABLE P; AVAILABLE P AND K; AVERAGE YIELD; BLOCK DESIGNS; CARRY-OVER EFFECTS; COMPOST APPLICATIONS; COVER CROPS; DAIRY MANURES; DRY MATTERS; DRYLAND; HIGHER PLANTS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; RESIDUAL EFFECTS; SHORT TERM; SOIL QUALITY; TOTAL ORGANIC C; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.); WHEAT PRODUCTION; WHEAT YIELD; YIELD GAIN;

MANURES; PHOSPHATASES; QUALITY CONTROL; SOILS;

COMPOSTING;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMASS; COMPOST; COVER CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DRYLAND FARMING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANURE; ORGANIC FARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL QUALITY; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

UNITED STATES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84855441953     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0123     Document Type: Article

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