Fertilization and tillage effects on soil properties and maize yield in a Southern Pampas Argiudoll

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 119, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-30

  Wyngaard, Nicolás ^a   Echeverría, Hernán E ^a,b   Rozas, Hernán R Sainz ^a,b,c   Divito, Guillermo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Micronutrients; Nitrogen; No till; Phosphorus; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ARGENTINA; AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; BULK DENSITY; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP PERFORMANCE; DIRECT IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MAIZE YIELD; MEDIUM TERM; MICRONUTRIENTS; NO TILL; PARTICULATE FRACTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SOIL CHANGES; SOIL PROPERTY; SULPHATES; TILLAGE EFFECTS; TILLAGE SYSTEM; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; PHOSPHORUS; RATING; SOILS; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BULK DENSITY; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LIMING; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PROPERTY; SULFATE; SULFUR; SUSTAINABILITY; TILLAGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855614149     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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