Tillage and crop rotation effects on soil organic C and N in a coarse-textured Typic Haploboroll in southwestern Saskatchewan

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-14

  Campbell, C A ^a   McConkey, E G ^a   Zentner, R P ^a   Selles, F ^a   Curtin, D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk density; C sequestration; No till; Organic N; Summer fallow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002693278     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-1987(95)01002-5     Document Type: Article

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