Soil chemical property changes in eggplant/garlic relay intercropping systems under continuous cropping

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Mengyi ^a   Wu, Cuinan ^a   Cheng, Zhihui ^a   Meng, Huanwen ^a   Zhang, Mengru ^a   Zhang, Hongjing ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; UREASE; FERTILIZER; SOIL;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; CHINA; CROP PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GARLIC; INTERCROPPING; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PH; PLANT GROWTH; RELAY INTERCROPPING SYSTEM; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; GARLIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOLANUM MELONGENA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84908584362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111040     Document Type: Article

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