Six years of different tillage systems affected aggregate-associated SOM in a semi-arid loam soil from Central Iran

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-125

  Kabiri, Vida ^a   Raiesi, Fayez ^a   Ghazavi, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Aggregate size fractions; C loss; Semi arid agroecosystems; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; LAKES; PRODUCTIVITY; STABILITY;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGGREGATE-SIZE FRACTIONS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETER; SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TILLAGE;

SOILS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; LOAMY SAND; MACROAGGREGATE; PLANT RESIDUE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE;

IRAN;

EID: 84937125039     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2015.06.019     Document Type: Article

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