Continuous corn with moldboard tillage: Residue and fertility effects on soil carbon

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 277-284

  Reicosky, Donald C ^a   Evans, Samuel D ^a   Cambardella, Cynthia A ^a   Allmaras, Raymond R ^a   Wilts, Allan R ^a   Huggins, David R ^a  

^a N Ctrl Soil Conserv Res Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass removal; Carbon dioxide; Plow tillage; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; CROP RESIDUE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; TILLAGE;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036751988     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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