Cover Crop and Fertility Effects on Escherichia coli Abundance in a Composted Poultry Litter-Amended Silt Loam Soil

Soil conservation practices such as cover crops can improve crop production, soil quality, and water quality. Cover crops can also influence soil microbial growth and activity. Cover cropped and manured soils can potentially store and transmit fecal bacteria (e.g., E. coli) to surface water if runof...

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Main Authors: Sait Sarr, Mark Coyne, Maheteme Gebremedhin, Avinash Topè, Shreya Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4564289