Soil aggregation

Roots and Soil Management: Interactions between Roots and the Soil

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 163-180

  Goss, Michael J ^a   Kay, Beverly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregate formation; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Mineral particles; Plant root growth; Soil aggregation; Temporal variability; Tillage operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102098053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr48.c9     Document Type: Chapter

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