Consequences on macroporosity and bacterial diversity of adopting ano-tillage farming system in a clayish soil of Central Italy

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 78-93

  Pastorelli, Roberta ^a   Vignozzi, Nadia ^a   Landi, Silvia ^a   Piccolo, Raimondo ^a   Orsini, Roberto ^b   Seddaiu, Giovanna ^c   Roggero, Pier Paolo ^c   Pagliai, Marcello ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity; Denitrification; DGGE; Fertilization; MRNA; Soil porosity; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; DGGE; FERTILIZATION; MRNA; SOIL POROSITY; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRONOMY; BACTERIA; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FERTILIZERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POROSITY; RNA; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BACTERIUM; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY SOIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CROP ROTATION; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROKINESIS; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MACROPORE; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

ITALY;

EID: 84881094964     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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