Effectiveness of the soil conditioning index as a carbon management tool in the southeastern USA based on comparison with EPIC

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-102

  Abrahamson, Deborah A ^a   Norfleet, M Lee ^b   Causarano, Hector J ^c   Williams, Jimmy R ^d   Shaw, Joey N ^c   Franzluebbers, Alan J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation tillage; Cover cropping; Crop rotation; Modeling; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COTTON; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GRASS; MAIZE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TILLAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35948981736     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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