Effect of long term no-till and conventional tillage practices on soil quality

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-35

  Aziz, Irfan ^a   Mahmood, Tariq ^a   Islam, K Rafiq ^b,c  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Basal respiration; Inductive additive approach; Microbial biomass; Particulate organic matter; Tillage; Total carbon and nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BASAL RESPIRATION; INDUCTIVE ADDITIVE APPROACH; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; TILLAGE; TOTAL CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FISH; OILSEEDS;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; CROP ROTATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RESPIRATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STABILIZATION; TILLAGE;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876332847     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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