Potential for carbon accumulation under brachiaria pastures in Brazil

Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 395-408

  Boddey, R M ^a   Urquiaga, S ^a   Alves, B J R ^a   Fisher, M ^b  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

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