On-farm assessment of tillage impact on the vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and structural soil properties in a semiarid region in Tunisia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 488-494

  Jemai, Imene ^a   Ben Aissa, Nadhira ^b   Ben Guirat, Saida ^a   Ben Hammouda, Moncef ^c   Gallali, Tahar ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^c University of Jendouba   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Crop residue; No tillage; Soil organic carbon; Soil structure; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRONOMY; ARID REGIONS; CROP ROTATION; CULTIVATION; FARMS; INFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; SOIL CONSERVATION;

BULK DENSITY; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP RESIDUE; NO TILLAGE; NO-TILLAGE SYSTEMS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL-STRUCTURE; TOTAL POROSITY; TUNISIA;

SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BULK DENSITY; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP RESIDUE; FARMING SYSTEM; INFILTRATION; LEGUME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIC SOIL; POROSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SURFACE LAYER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; DRILL; FARMING SYSTEM; LOAM SOIL; NON TILLAGE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLOWING; POROSITY; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE; TUNISIA; VICIA FABA; WHEAT;

TUNISIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84869870458     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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