Effects of reduced tillage on crop yield, plant available nutrients and soil organic matter in a 12-year long-term trial under organic management

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3876-3894

  Zikeli, Sabine ^a   Gruber, Sabine ^a   Teufel, Claus Felix ^b   Hartung, Karin ^a   Claupein, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Amt für Landwirtschaft Stockach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chisel plow; Conservation tillage; Humus budget; Long term trial; Mineralization; Moldboard plow; Organic farming; Plant available nutrients; Reduced tillage; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; HUMUS; MINERALIZATION; PLOWING; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE;

GERMANY;

EID: 84887074196     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5093876     Document Type: Article

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