Soil carbon levels in irrigated western corn belt rotations

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1180-1184

  Varvel, G E ^a   Wilhelm, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CROPS; NEON; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ROTATION; SOILS;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUES; CROP ROTATIONS; CROPPING SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENT QUALITY; GLYCINE MAX (SOY BEAN); INITIATION (ELECTRIC DISCHARGES); LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; N FERTILIZERS; RESIDUE PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC); SOIL SAMPLES; ZEA MAYS L.;

PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 47749148483     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0383     Document Type: Article

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