Carbon sequestration in a long-term conventional versus conservation tillage experiment

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-150

  Deen, W ^a   Kataki, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn; Organic carbon; Sequestration; Soybean; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SEQUESTRATION; TILLAGE;

SILT;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0344515468     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00162-4     Document Type: Article

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