Occasional tillage of no-till systems: Carbon dioxide flux and changes in total and labile soil organic carbon

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1158-1168

  Quincke, J A ^a   Wortmann, C S ^b   Mamo, M ^b   Franti, T ^b   Drijber, R A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC); SORGHUM; TILLAGE; TILLAGE TREATMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CULTIVATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); ORGANIC CARBON;

SOIL MECHANICS;

GLYCINE MAX; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447566134     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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