Soil organic carbon fractions in a Vertisol under irrigated cotton production as affected by burning and incorporating cotton stubble

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 655-667

  Conteh, A ^a   Blair, G J ^a   Rochester, I J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon management index; Labile carbon; Light fraction; 13C

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CROP RESIDUE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL AMENDMENT; VERTISOL;

EID: 0031853698     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/S97117     Document Type: Article

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