Integrated Soil Fertility Management: Aggregate carbon and nitrogen stabilization in differently textured tropical soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-132

  Gentile, R M ^a   Vanlauwe, B ^b,c   Six, J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggregates; N fertilizers; Organic residue; Soil organic matter; Soil texture; Tropical agroecosystems

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; N FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC RESIDUES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL TEXTURES;

AGGREGATES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; TEXTURES; TROPICS; UREA FERTILIZERS;

STABILIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CROP RESIDUE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84884129233     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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