Tillage effects on soil carbon balance in a semiarid agroecosystem

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1140-1149

  Bono, Alfredo ^a   Alvarez, R ^b   Buschiazzo, D E ^a,c   Cantet, R J C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Faculty of Agronomy   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CROPS; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; CROP PRODUCTIVITY; CROP YIELDS; IN-SITU; ORGANIC MATTER MINERALIZATION; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SOIL C SEQUESTRATION; SOIL CARBON; TILLAGE EFFECTS; TILLAGE SYSTEMS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MINERALIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; TILLAGE;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVENA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 47249095370     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0250     Document Type: Article

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