The visual evaluation of soil structure under arable management

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Askari, Mohammad Sadegh ^a   Cui, Junfang ^a,b   Holden, Nicholas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Soil quality; Soil structure; Tillage systems; VESS; Visual assessment

Indexed keywords

SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE SYSTEM; VESS; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; QUALITY CONTROL;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP ROTATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

IRELAND;

EID: 84880589049     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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