Moldboard plowing effects on soil aggregation and soil organic matter quality assessed by 13C CPMAS NMR and biochemical analyses

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 177, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-57

  Panettieri, M ^a   Knicker, H ^a   Berns, A E ^b   Murillo, J M ^a   Madejon E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Dryland; Mediterranean soil; Microbial activities; Organic carbon storage; Organic matter quality; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CULTIVATION; DRYLAND FARMING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FARM; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; PLOWING; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ZERO TILLAGE;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA; SPAIN;

EID: 84880382362     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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