Soil microbial community dynamics over a maize (Zea mays L.) growing season under conventional- and no-tillage practices in a rainfed agroecosystem

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-160

  Zhang, Bin ^a,b   He, Hongbo ^a   Ding, Xueli ^a   Zhang, Xudong ^a,c   Zhang, Xiaoping ^d   Yang, Xueming ^e   Filley, Timothy R ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c National Field Observation and Research Station of Shenyang Agroecosystems   (China)

^d NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^e HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Culture independent technique; Microorganism; Mollisol; Temporal change

Indexed keywords

AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; CLAY LOAM SOILS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CULTURE-INDEPENDENT TECHNIQUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTY; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MOLLISOLS; NO TILLAGE; NO-TILLAGE PRACTICES; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; POSTHARVEST; RAINFED; RESIDUE REMOVAL; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SAMPLE; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TILLAGE PRACTICES; TILLAGE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMASS; CLAY LOAM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLLISOL; PHOSPHOLIPID; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABILITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

CHINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862486365     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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