Dryland plant biomass and soil carbon and nitrogen fractions on transient land as influenced by tillage and crop rotation

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 452-461

  Sainju, Upendra M ^a   Lenssen, Andrew ^a   Caesar Thonthat, Thecan ^a   Waddell, Jed ^a  

^a USDA ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fractions; Crop rotation; Nitrogen fractions; Plant biomass; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; SOILS;

LENTIL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL CARBON; TILLAGE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLAY LOAM; CROP ROTATION; DRYLAND FARMING; FALLOW; LEGUME; PHYTOMASS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CROP ROTATION; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; PLANTS; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE-NORMANDIE; LE HAVRE; SEINE-MARITIME; WESTERN EUROPE;

LENS CULINARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33846684145     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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