Soil organic carbon sequestration rates in two long-term no-till experiments in Ohio

Soil Science

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 280-291

  Jarecki, Marek K ^a   Lal, Rattan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfisol; Carbon sequestration; Compost; Desurfaced soil; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Mulching; No till; Precipitation; Soil aggregation; Soil moisture; Soil organic matter depletion; Soil physical properties; Temperature; Western Ohio

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; ZERO TILLAGE;

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

AVENA SATIVA; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 18244368700     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-200504000-00005     Document Type: Article

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