Alternative soil quality indices for evaluating the effect of intensive cropping, fertilisation and manuring for 31 years in the semi-arid soils of India

RE Masto, PK Chhonkar, D Singh, AK Patra - … monitoring and assessment, 2008 - Springer
Soil quality assessment provides a tool for evaluating the sustainability of alternative soil
management practices. Our objective was to develop the most sensitive soil quality index for …

Soil compaction, corn yield response, and soil nutrient pool dynamics within an integrated crop‐livestock system in Illinois

BF Tracy, Y Zhang - Crop Science, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated crop–livestock systems directly link crop and livestock production together to
generate positive economic and environmental outcomes. Some methods used in integrated …

Nitrogen mineralisation along a pH gradient of a silty loam UK soil

JCA Pietri, PC Brookes - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
Most investigations into the effects of changing soil pH on microbial activity use, from
necessity, soils taken from different sites so that soil physical and chemical properties are …

Changes in chemical and biochemical soil properties induced by 11-yr repeated additions of different organic materials in maize-based forage systems

S Monaco, DJ Hatch, D Sacco, C Bertora… - Soil Biology and …, 2008 - Elsevier
The repeated addition of organic materials to the soil greatly affects the physical, chemical
and biological characteristics. In the present work, we analyzed changes in soil quality …

稻鸭与稻鱼生态系统土壤微生物量N 和土壤酶活性动态

李成芳, 曹凑贵, 徐拥华, 汪金平, 展茗, 杨学伟… - 生态学报, 2008 - cqvip.com
在一个水稻生长季节, 采用田间采样与室内分析的方法, 利用氯仿熏蒸培养法, 苯酚钠比色法,
TTC 比色法, 高锰酸钾滴定法和茚三酮比色法测定和研究了稻鸭与稻鱼生态系统稻田土壤微生物 …

Conventional versus organic cropping and peat amendment: impacts on soil microbiota and their activities

RM Niemi, M Vepsäläinen, K Wallenius… - european journal of soil …, 2008 - Elsevier
We measured soil microbiota and enzyme activities in order to compare conventional (CCS:
chemical fertilisers, plant rotation with cereals dominating) and organic (OCS: green and …

Effects of burn/low-till on erosion and soil quality

DK McCool, CD Pannkuk, AC Kennedy… - Soil and Tillage …, 2008 - Elsevier
Burn/low-till management of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) is being practiced by some
growers in the higher rainfall areas of the Pacific Northwestern Winter Wheat Region of the …

[PDF][PDF] Respiração e biomassa microbiana em solos sob diferentes sistemas de uso

L Kummer, YJ Barros, RF Schäfer… - Scientia …, 2008 - redalyc.org
RESUMO A biomassa e a respiração microbiana são importantes indicadores biológicos da
qualidade do solo. Dessa forma, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a influência …

Comparação entre os métodos de fumigação-extração e fumigação-incubação para determinação do carbono da biomassa microbiana em um Latossolo

O Brandão-Junior, M Hungria, JC Franchini… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
Um número crescente de trabalhos, inclusive no Brasil, vem sugerindo a avaliação do C da
biomassa microbiana (CBM) como um bioindicador da qualidade dos solos. A maioria dos …

[PDF][PDF] Changes in chemical and biochemical soil properties induced by 11-yr repeated additions of different organic materials in maize-based forage systems

à Stefano Monacoa, DJ Hatchb… - Soil biology & …, 2008 - repository.rothamsted.ac.uk
The repeated addition of organic materials to the soil greatly affects the physical, chemical
and biological characteristics. In the present work, we analyzed changes in soil quality …