Soil macro- and microstructure as affected by different tillage systems and their effects on maize root growth

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-65

  Dal Ferro, N ^a   Sartori, L ^a   Simonetti, G ^a   Berti, A ^a   Morari, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Mercury intrusion porosimetry; No tillage; Pore size distribution; Root growth; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MERCURY (METAL); PORE SIZE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; NO TILLAGE; ROOT GROWTH; X RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

BULK DENSITY; CROPPING PRACTICE; GROWTH RATE; MAIZE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POROSITY; ROOT; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL STRUCTURE; ZERO TILLAGE;

EID: 84896327970     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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