Soil organic C and N distribution for wheat cropping systems after 20 years of conservation tillage in central Texas

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 376-382

  Wright, Alan L ^a   Dou, Fugen ^b   Hons, Frank M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Dissolved organic C; Soil organic matter; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MONOCULTURE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WHEAT; ZERO TILLAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33947331735     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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