Soil conservation benefits of large biomass soybean (LBS) for increasing crop residue cover

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-128

  Wu, Shunxiang ^a   Lu, Yao Chi ^a   McMurtrey, James E ^a   Weesies, Glenn ^b   Devine, Thomas E ^a   Foster, George R ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE); Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 4143099304     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v24n01_09     Document Type: Article

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