Soil functioning and conservation tillage in the Belgian Loam Belt

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Van den Putte, An ^a   Govers, Gerard ^a   Diels, Jan ^a   Langhans, Christoph ^a   Clymans, Wim ^a   Vanuytrecht, Eline ^a   Merckx, Roel ^a   Raes, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbon content; Conservation tillage; Loam soil; Nitrate content; Penetration resistance; Root development; Water content

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; LOAM SOILS; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; ROOT DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; COMPACTION; EROSION; LEACHING; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; NITRATE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLOWING; ROOT; SILTY LOAM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84858110928     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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