Soil carbon and nitrogen changes as influenced by tillage and cropping systems in some Iowa soils

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 635-647

  Al Kaisi, Mahdi M ^a   Yin, Xinhua ^a   Licht, Mark A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropping system; Smooth bromegrass; Soil organic carbon; Switchgrass; Tillage; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLAGE;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; BROMUS SECALINUS; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 14644390943     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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