Crop management for soil carbon sequestration

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 471-502

  Jarecki, Marek K ^a   Lal, Rattan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Global C cycle; Greenhouse effect; Ley farming; Precision farming; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542547350     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713608318     Document Type: Review

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