Carbon inventory for a cereal cropping system under contrasting tillage, nitrogen fertilisation and stubble management practices

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 68-74

  Wang, W J ^a   Dalal, R C ^a  

^a Research School of Biological Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbon sequestration; Global change; Greenhouse; Nitrogen; No till; Stubble retention; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; GREENHOUSES; NITROGEN;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; STUBBLE RETENTION; TILLAGE;

CROPS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CEREAL; CROP RESIDUE; CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; SOIL CARBON; STUBBLE; TILLAGE; VERTISOL;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; FARM CROPS; GREENHOUSES; NITROGEN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33749121620     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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