The positive relationship between soil quality and crop production: A case study on the effect of farm compost application

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 189-198

  D'Hose, Tommy ^a   Cougnon, Mathias ^b   De Vliegher, Alex ^a   Vandecasteele, Bart ^a   Viaene, Nicole ^a   Cornelis, Wim ^b   Van Bockstaele, Erik ^a,b   Reheul, Dirk ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Crop rotation; Farm compost; Long term field experiment; Soil organic carbon; Soil quality index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890816656     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

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