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- Title
Effects of tillage and application of cattle slurry on carbon pools and aggregate distribution in temperate grassland soils.
- Authors
Linsler, Deborah; Geisseler, Daniel; Loges, Ralf; Taube, Friedhelm; Ludwig, Bernard
- Abstract
The objective was to study the effects of tillage and cattle slurry application on organic C dynamics in grassland soils. Treatments included long-term grassland and reinstalled grassland (after tillage and winter wheat cropping) with and without cattle slurry application (240 kg N ha-1 y-1). A period of 4 y slurry application sufficed to increase microbial activity 1.6-fold in surface soil (0-10 cm). Tillage affected aggregate distribution and basal respiration in the surface soil.
- Subjects
AGRICULTURE; NO-tillage; ARABLE land; WINTER grain; WINTER wheat
- Publication
Journal of Plant Nutrition & Soil Science, 2014, Vol 177, Issue 3, p388
- ISSN
1436-8730
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jpln.201300119