Management practice effects on surface soil total carbon: Differences along a textural gradient

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-26

  Hao, X ^a   Kravchenko, A N ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLAY; CROPS; SILT;

CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE (CT); NO-TILL (NT; REGRESSION SLOPES;

SOILS;

CARBON; CLAY; FARM CROPS; SILT; SOIL;

EID: 33846190225     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0352     Document Type: Article

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