Govaerts, BramMezzalama, M.Unno, Y.Sayre, Ken D.Luna-Guido, M. L.Vanherck, K.Dendooven, L.Deckers, Jozef2016-04-192016-04-192007Applied Soil Ecology 37(1-2): 18-300929-1393http://hdl.handle.net/10919/68740Metadata only recordThis article examines the impact of no till systems in a 12 year trial in the central highlands of Mexico, specifically focusing on effects on microbial biomass and catabolic diversity in rainfed smallholder agricultural systems. A significant finding of the study is that zero till without residue retention is an unsustainable production practice.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightSmall-scale farmingConservation agricultureRainfed agricultureConservation tillageTillageCrop rotationsResidue managementMicrobial biomassCentral MexicoCatabolic diversityField ScaleInfluence of tillage, residue management, and crop rotation on soil microbial biomass and catabolic diversityAbstractCopyright 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.006