Use of solid anaerobic digestate and no-tillage practice for restoring the fertility status of two Mediterranean orchard soils with contrasting properties

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 300, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Badagliacca, Giuseppe ^a   Petrovičovà, Beatrix ^a   Pathan, Shamina Imran ^a   Roccotelli, Angela ^a   Romeo, Maurizio ^a   Monti, Michele ^a   Gelsomino, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Citrus sinensis(L.) Osbeck; Microbial C use efficiency; N dynamics; Oleaeuropaea L.; Soil organic matter; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ORCHARD; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; VOLATILIZATION; ZERO TILLAGE;

ITALY;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 85085592411     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2020.107010     Document Type: Article

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