Microbial community diversity in a 21-year-old temperate alley cropping system

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1031-1041

  Bardhan, Sougata ^a   Jose, Shibu ^a   Udawatta, Ranjith P ^a   Fritschi, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Alley cropping; Bacterial diversity; DGGE; Shannon Weiner diversity index; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP ROTATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; DOMINANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARINUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84884281656     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-013-9617-x     Document Type: Article

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