Soil Aggregation and Glomalin under Pastures in the Southern Piedmont USA
A.J. Franzluebbersa,
S.F. Wrightb and
J.A. Stuedemanna
a USDA-ARS, J. Phil Campbell Sr. Natural Resource Conservation Center, 1420 Experiment Station Rd., Watkinsville, GA 30677-2373 USA
b USDA-ARS, Soil Microbial Systems Lab., BARC-W, Bldg. 001, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA

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Fig. 1 Water-stable macroaggregation (>0.25 mm) and its stability (wet/dry) and mean-weight diameter of water-stable aggregates and its stability (wet/dry) as affected by stand age of grazed Kentucky-31 tall fescue and hayed Coastal bermudagrass in soil at a depth of 0 to 200 mm (Contrast 3). Error bars are LSD
among all combinations of stand age and grass species
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Fig. 2 Water-stable macroaggregation (>0.25 mm) and its stability (wet/dry) and mean-weight diameter of water-stable aggregates and its stability (wet/dry) as affected by stand age and harvest management of Coastal bermudagrass in soil at a depth of 0 to 20 mm (Contrast 5). Error bars are LSD
among all combinations of stand age and grass management
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Fig. 3 Total glomalin in 1.0- to 4.75-mm dry-stable aggregates as affected by soil depth, stand age, and harvest management of Coastal bermudagrass (Contrast 5). Error bars are LSD
among all combinations of stand age and grass management
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Fig. 4 Total and immunoreactive glomalin in 1.0- to 4.75-mm dry-stable aggregates as affected by soil depth and stand age of Coastal bermudagrass (Contrast 5). Error bars are LSD
among stand ages within a soil depth
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Fig. 6 Total and immunoreactive glomalin of 1.0- to 4.75-mm dry-stable aggregates in relationship with organic C of whole soil for all data in Contrasts 1 to 5

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