Soil quality response to long-term tillage and crop rotation practices

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-64

  Karlen, Douglas L ^a   Cambardella, Cynthia A ^a   Kovar, John L ^a   Colvin, Thomas S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic cation saturation ratio (BCSR); Conservation tillage; Maize; Soil properties; Soil testing; Soybean

Indexed keywords

CATION SATURATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; MAIZE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOYBEAN;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRONOMY; AMINO ACIDS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; TEXTURES;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAIZE; PLOWING; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEST; SOIL TEXTURE; SOYBEAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880018807     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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