Co-accumulation of microbial residues and particulate organic matter in the surface layer of a no-till Oxisol under different crops

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 208-213

  Martins, Márcio R ^a,b   Angers, Denis A ^b   Corá, José E ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino sugars; Crop rotation; Microbial residues; No till; Oxisol; Particulate organic matter; Plant type; Winter crop

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; MICROBIAL RESIDUE; NO-TILL; OXISOL; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; PLANT TYPES; WINTER CROPS;

AMINO SUGARS; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; CROPS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

AMINO ACID; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; DECOMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; LEGUME; LIGNIN; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC SOIL; OXISOL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE LAYER; ZERO TILLAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAJANUS CAJAN; FUNGI; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860263672     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.03.024     Document Type: Article

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