Soil quality is positively affected by reduced tillage and compost in an intensive vegetable cropping system

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-71

  Willekens, Koen ^a   Vandecasteele, Bart ^a   Buchan, David ^b   De Neve, Stefaan ^b  

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

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Soil microbial community; Soil quality indicator; Stratification; Windrow composting system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901975359     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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