Topsoil placement effect on soil carbon stock improvement of exposed subsoil in Iowa

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-93

  Grote, Jesse B ^a   Al Kaisi, Mahdi M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Microbial biomass carbon; Particulate organic matter carbon; Soil organic carbon; Subsoil; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CROP ROTATION; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOYBEAN; TOPSOIL;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35948960654     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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