Quantification of the soil physical quality of a tropical oxisol using the S index Quantificação da qualidade física de um latossolo utilizando o índice S

Soil physical quality is fundamental for the sustainability of agro ecosystems. Soil physical quality assessment must be developed using parameters that describe physical behavior. S, a new soil physical parameter has recently been introduced for assessing the soil physical quality. A good soil phys...

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Main Authors: Cássio Antonio Tormena, Álvaro Pires da Silva, Silvia Del Carmen Imhoff, Anthony Roger Dexter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-02-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162008000100008