Soil organic carbon pools after 12 years in no-till dryland agroecosystems

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1600-1608

  Sherrod, L A ^a   Peterson, G A ^b   Westfall, D G ^b   Ahuja, L R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC);

SOILS;

CROPPING PRACTICE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; ZERO TILLAGE;

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

PANICUM MILIACEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 24644496058     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2003.0266     Document Type: Article

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