Linking microbial functional diversity of olive rhizosphere soil to management systems in commercial orchards in southern Spain

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 181, Issue , 2013, Pages 169-178

  Montes Borrego, Miguel ^a   Navas Cortés, Juan A ^a   Landa, Blanca B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community level physiological profiles; Cultivated olive (Olea europaea subsp. europaea var. europaea); Organic farming; Soil biological quality; Soil enzymes

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CORRELATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FARMING SYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORCHARD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL QUALITY;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

OLEA EUROPAEA SUBSP. EUROPAEA; OLEA EUROPAEA VAR. SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84886848920     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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